- YouTube The precise author of "A Closer Walk" was unknown until recently. Who with me my burden shares? If I falter, Lord, who cares? I’ll be satisfied as long This article is about the gospel song. Jesus, keep me from all wrong, For recordings of the song, see W. McDonald, Joshua Gill, J.R. Sweney, W. J. Kirkpatrick, "Closer Walk with Thee" Songs Of Joy And Gladness, (Boston, McDonald and Gill, 1885)pg. 83 When my feeble life is o’er, Tennessee Ernie Ford made the charts with it in the late 1950s.
Just a closer walk with Thee, To Thy kingdom's shore, to Thy shore. As I walk, let me walk close to Thee. Through this world of toil and snares, None but Thee, dear Lord, none but Thee. Grant it, Jesus, is my plea, "Just a Closer Walk with Thee" has been recorded by numerous artists, including: Patsy Cline - Just A Closer Walk With Thee (1959). 28 Encyclopedia of African American Music, Volume 3 (ABC-CLIO), pg. Guide me gently, safely o’er
Let it be, dear Lord, let it be. Circumstantial evidence strongly suggested it dated back to southern “On a train trip from Kansas City to Chicago, composer Songs with similar chorus lyrics were published in the 1800s, including "Closer Walk with Thee" with lyrics by Martha J. Lankton (a pseudonym for In 1958, an unreleased home recording was recorded by Elvis Presley,I am weak, but Thou art strong, In 1958, an unreleased home recording was recorded by Elvis Presley, made in Waco, Texas, on May 27. Just a Closer Walk with Thee (Private Home Recordings - Eddie Fadal Residence, Waco Texas - May 1958) Elvis Presley From the Album Off Duty with Private Presley Presley's studio version can be heard on Just a Closer Walk with Thee (2000) (Czech CD on Memory label). Time for me will be no more,
By the end of the 1970s, more than a hundred artists had recorded the song. Daily walking close to Thee,