He's got the world in His Hands

Spirituale and Gospel Songs

He's got the whole world in His Hands  (Traditional)

From “A Song-book of Folk and Pop Music”

by Mario Papa & Giuliano Iantorno, Zanichelli Editore, Bologna, 1977

                                                                                                                                                           Duke Ellington

He's got the whole world in His Hands,

He's got the whole world in His Hands,

He's got the whole world in His Hands,

He's got the whole wide world in His Hands.

 

He's got you and me, brother, in His Hands,

He's got you and me, brother, in His Hands,

He's got you and me, brother, in His Hands,

He's got the whole wide world in His Hands.

 

He's got the little bitty babiess in His Hands,

He's got the little bitty babies in His Hands,

He's got the little bitty babies in His Hands,

He's got the whole wide world in His Hands.

 

He's got everybody here in His Hands,

He's got everybody here in His Hands,

He's got everybody here in His Hands,

He's got the whole wide world in His Hands.

 

He's got my mother and my father in His Hands,

He's got my mother and my father in His Hands,

He's got my mother and my father in His Hands,

He's got the whole wide world in His Hands.

 

He's got my uncle and my auntie in His Hands,

He's got my uncle and my auntie in His Hands,

He's got my uncle and my auntie in His Hands,

He's got the whole wide world in His Hands.

 

He got the birds and the flowers in His Hands,

He's got the birds and the flowers in His Hands,

He's got the birds and the flowers in His Hands,

He's got the whole wide world in His Hands.