Happy Day!

Happy day, (oh happy day)

When jesus washed, (when jesus washed)

When jesus washed, (when jesus washed)

Jesus washed, (when jesus washed)

Washed my sins away (oh happy day)

Oh happy day, (oh happy day)

Oh happy day, (oh happy day)

Oh happy day, (oh happy day)

When jesus washed, (when jesus washed)

When jesus washed, (when jesus washed)

When my jesus washed, (when jesus washed)

Washed my sins away

He taught me how (oh taught me how)

To watch, (to watch)

Fight and pray (to fight and pray), fight and pray

(and taught me how and live rejoicing)

And live rejoicing every, everyday, everyday

Oh happy day, (oh happy day)

Oh happy day, (oh happy day)

Jesus washed, (when jesus washed)

When jesus washed, (when jesus washed)

When jesus washed, (when jesus washed)

My sins away (oh happy day)

And taught each other happy day (oh happy day)

He taught me how (he taught me how, how)

To watch, (to watch)

Fight and pray (sing, sing, come on and sing),

Fight and pray

(and till me, yeah, yeah, come on everybody)

And live rejoicing every, everyday, everyday

And live rejoicing every, everyday,

(sing like me, yeah) everyday

Oh happy day, (oh happy day)

Oh happy day, (oh happy day)

Oh happy day, (oh happy day)

Oh happy day, (oh happy day)

Oh Happy Day! By Choeur Gospel Célébration de Québec & Sylvie Desgroseilliers

"Oh Happy Day" is a 1967 gospel music arrangement of an 18th century hymn. Recorded by the Edwin Hawkins Singers, it became an international hit in 1969, reaching US #4 and UK #2 on the pop charts. It has since become a gospel music standard.

Edwin Hawkins’ funk style arrangement of the hymn "Oh, Happy Day" has a long pedigree: It began as a hymn written in the mid-18th century ("O happy day, that fixed my choice") by English clergyman Philip Doddridge (based on Acts 8:35) set to an earlier melody (1704) by J. A. Freylinghausen. By the mid-19th century it had been given a new melody by Edward F. Rimbault, who also added a chorus, and was commonly used for baptismal or confirmation ceremonies in the UK and USA. The 20th century saw its adaptation from 3/4 to 4/4 time and this new arrangement by Hawkins, which contains only the repeated Rimbault refrain (all of the original verses being omitted).

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