I Like My Birthdays

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1. I like my birth - days, ev - ’ry one; Each
2. To be bap - tized as Je - sus was By
3. When hands are laid up - on my head, Then

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brings a great - er joy to me. But I can’t wait un -
one who holds the priest - hood true And thus o - bey God’s
I’ll re - ceive the Ho - ly Ghost. And, if I lis - ten

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til I’m eight, For then I’ll be bap - tized, you see.
ho - ly laws Is just the thing I want to do.
care - ful - ly, I’ll have the bless - ing I
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Words: Wallace F. Bennett, 1898 –1993 The fourth article of faith
Music: Tracy Y. Cannon, 1879 –1961 Doctrine and Covenants 68:27

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