TOUCH OF THE MASTER¡¯S HAND
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(Tex Ritter, M.B. Welch)
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¡ì ¨Ï Tex Ritter Music ¡í
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'Twas battered and scared and the auctioneer thought it hardly worth his while
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To waste much time on the ol' violin but he held it up with a smile
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"What am I offered good folks?" he cried
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"Who will start the bidding for me?
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A dollar, one dollar, two, only two
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Two dollars who will make it three
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Three dollars once three dollars twice going for three
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But, no from the back of the room a gray haired man came forward
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And gently picked up the bow
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And then wiping the dust from the ol' violin tuning the loose strings,
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He played a melody as pure and sweet as the caroling angel's sing
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The music stopped and the auctioneer with a voice quiet and low said
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"Now what am I bid for the ol' violin?" he held it up with the bow
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A thousand dollars, who will make it two
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Two thousand who will make it three
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Three thousand once, Three thousand twice and going going and gone.
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The people cheered, but some of them cried,
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"We don't understand what changed its worth?"
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Then someone replied, "The touch of the master's hand."
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So many a man with life out of tune much like the ol' violin
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But the Master comes and a change is brought
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By the touch of the Master's Hand by the touch of the Master's Hand
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Touch Of The Master¡¯s Hand
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Bill Anderson |