Quickly I’ll Obey

Cheerfully

1. When my mother calls me,
Quickly I’ll obey.
I want to do just what is best
Each and ev’ry day.

2. When my father calls me,
Quickly I’ll obey.
I want to do just what is best
Each and ev’ry day.

3. Heav’nly Father loves me,
Blesses me each day.
I want to do just what is best
Each and ev’ry day.

Optional ostinato
Quickly I’ll obey. Quickly I’ll obey. (etc.)

Words: Thelma J. Harrison, 1906–1991

Music: Russian folk tune.

Ostinato: Patricia Haglund Nielsen, 1936–2009