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I’d Rather Have Jesus

Loretta Lynn
Track 12 on Hymns 

Producer

Owen Bradley
Nov. 15, 19651 viewer

I’d Rather Have Jesus Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I'd rather have Jesus than silver or gold
I'd rather be His than have riches untold
I'd rather have Jesus than houses or land
I'd rather be led by His nail-pierced hands

[Chorus]
Than to be the queen of a vast domain
And be held in sin's dread sway
I'd rather have Jesus than anything
This world affords today

[Verse 2]
I'd rather have Jesus than men's applause
I'd rather be faithful to His dear cause
I'd rather have Jesus than worldwide fame
I'd rather be true to His holy name

[Chorus]
Than to be the queen of a vast domain
And be held in sin's dread sway
I'd rather have Jesus than anything
This world affords today

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Hymns (1965)
Loretta Lynn
  1. 1.
    Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven
  2. 2.
    Where No One Stands Alone
  3. 3.
    When They Ring Those Golden Bells
  4. 4.
    (There’ll Be) Peace in the Valley (For Me)
  5. 5.
    If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again
  6. 6.
    The Third Man
  7. 7.
    How Great Thou Art
  8. 8.
    Old Camp Meetin’ Time
  9. 9.
    When I Hear My Children Pray
  10. 10.
    In the Sweet Bye and Bye
  11. 11.
    Where I Learned to Pray
  12. 12.
    I’d Rather Have Jesus
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November 15, 1965
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