[1] Though a pilgrim on Earth I may [4] journey a-[1]-lone
Knowing not what the future may [5] hold (may hold)
I'd [1] rather have Jesus and sing a sweet song
Than to covet their [5] silver and [1] gold

Stormy [4] waters (stormy cold waters) [1] adrift all around me
And the tempest and fury may roll (roughly may roll)
But I [4] have (but I still have) my dear [1] Savior (Jesus my savior)
How he helps me nobody can [5] know (no one will know)
When it [1] seems (often it seems) I'm forsaken (I am forsaken)
And my [4] Earthly friends misunderstand (misunderstand)
[1] Stormy cold waters adrift all around me
But I hold to God's [5] unchanging [1] hand

Here I have disappointments so often I sigh
Stormy waters around me may roll (may roll)
I'll hold to the hand of my savior so dear
He's a shepherd that's keeping my soul