Concert song I Still Have Joy
I Still Have Joy
by Danny McCrimmon & Joseph Calvin Jackson
In 1991 a member of the North Carolina based Whiteville Apparel Gospel Choir sang the melody of "I Still Have Joy" into Mary Alice's tape recorder. Decades after I arranged it for a cappella SATB choir I found that it was an African American gospel classic, so, for this concert, we added the wonderful improvised accompaniment of Cathy Martin piano and Stefan Amidon percussion.
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LYRICS
I still have joy, I still have joy,
After all the things I’ve been through I still have joy.
I still have joy, I still have joy,
After all the things I’ve been through, I still have joy.
There are times in my life when I felt I couldn’t go on,
But the Lord He blessed me and he made me strong.
I kept the faith and I held on through the night,
This is my testimony, he’ll make every thing all right
I get joy when I think about all he’s done for me;
He even broke the habits trying to conquer me.
I spoke to the mountain and it ran down to the sea;
I can’ began to tell you what He’s done for me.