I cannot find a truer word
Nor better to address you
Nor song nor poem I have wrote
Is sweeter than God Bless You.
God Bless You. Thus I’ve wished you
All that Christian joy possesses
For there can truly be no joy
Unless indeed God blesses.
God Bless You – So I breathe a charm
Less grief’s dark night oppress you
For how can sorrow bring you harm
It is God’s way to bless you.
And so "through all my days
May shadows touch you never"
But this alone – God Bless Thee –
Then art thou safe forever.