How Can I Keep From Singing?: notes for 10 instruments
“My life flows on in endless song…” Pick your instrument. Each page shows the notes in the easiest key that fits it, with a play-along player and a print sheet.
- PianoLetters · C majorG4–G5 Medium
- KalimbaTabs · G majorD4–D5 Medium
- RecorderLetters · G majorD4–D5 Medium
- FluteLetters · C majorG4–G5 Medium
- ViolinLetters · C majorG4–G5 Medium
- ClarinetLetters · C major (written)G3–G4 Medium
- TrumpetValves · F major (written)C4–C5 Medium
- Alto SaxLetters · G major (written)D4–D5 Medium
- Bells & XylophoneLetters · F majorC4–C5 Medium
- HarmonicaTabs · F majorC5–C6 Medium
Words (first verse)
My life flows on in endless song; Above earth's lamentation.
I catch the sweet, though faroff hymn that hails a new creation;
Through all the tumult and the strife, I hear that music ringing;
It finds an echo in my soul... How can I keep from singing?
About this song
- Melody
- Tune HOW CAN I KEEP FROM SINGING, Robert Lowry, 1869
- Words
- F. J. Hartley and Robert Lowry and anonymous, 1869 (first verse shown; all verses on HymnKeys)
- Public domain
- Melody 1869, words 1869: first published before 1931.
- Source
- Open Hymnal Project file marked public domain, via HymnKeys