When I Go to Church
Author: Faye Glover Petersen
Composer: Faye Glover Petersen
Languages (17)
This song text has been indexed at SingPraises.net in the following languages:
- Danish: Når jeg til Kirke går
- English: When I Go to Church
- Finnish: Kirkkoon käydessäin
- French: Quand je vais à l’église
- German: Wenn zur Kirch ich geh
- Icelandic: Ánægður ég í kirkju fer
- Italian: Quando vado in chiesa
- Japanese: 教会に行くのは
- Korean: [Unknown title]
- Mandarin (Traditional): [Unknown title]
- Mongolian: Сүмдээ очихдоо би
- Norwegian: Når jeg til kirken går
- Portuguese: Quando Vou a Igreja
- Samoan: Pe A Ou alu I Le Lotu
- Spanish: A la iglesia voy
- Swedish: När jag till kyrkan går
- Tongan: ʻI Heʻeku ʻAlu ki he Lotu
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Most common tunes for “When I Go to Church”
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Appearances of “When I Go to Church” over time
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Copyright status of original text
This text was first published in English, in 1956 or earlier.
Public domain (not renewed)
Earliest known source: The Children’s Friend (August 1956).
Earliest source indexed at SingPraises.net:
The Children’s Friend (1902–1970), Aug 1956.
Representative lyrics
English (Original Language)
1. I always have a happy feeling When I go to church. The organ plays so soft and sweet; I tiptoe softly to my seat. My teachers and my friends I greet When I go to church.
2. I like to raise my voice in singing When I go to church. I fold my arms and bow my head, Then listen while the prayer is said; I do not talk but think instead When I go to church.
3. I learn about my Heav’nly Father When I go to church. I thank him for each flow’r and tree, For home and friends and family, For all the lovely things I see When I go to church.
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