Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud.
Psalm 149:5
Words & Music: Charles C. Cousins, in Song-Land Messenger Complete, revised and enlarged edition, edited by Horace N. Lincoln & Anthony J. Showalter (Dallas, Texas & Dalton, Georgia: Showalter-Lincoln & A. J. Showalter, 1894), number 75 (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Cousins (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
How can I keep from singing all the day?
Now that my sins are all washed away?
How can I keep from shouting out with glee,
Since Christ my Savior has died for me?
Refrain
I am saved by the blood of the Lamb,
I am saved by the blood of the Lamb.
I am saved by the blood of the Lamb,
Glory, glory, hallelujah.
Once was my heart so vile and full of sin;
It seemed that Christ could not enter in.
But such as me He came to redeem,
And His all-cleansing blood made me clean.
Refrain
Oh, I’m so happy and so full of joy
Now that my sins can no more annoy;
And I must shout and tell to all around,
What a dear Savior I have found.
Refrain