Why should I feel discouraged,
   why should the shadows come?
   Why should my heart feel lonely
   and long for heaven and home?
  
   When Jesus is my portion.
   A constant friend is he.
   His eye is on the sparrow
   and I know, he watches over me!
   His eye is on the sparrow
   and I know, he watches over me.
  
   I sing, because I'm happy,
   I sing, because I'm free!
   His eye is on the sparrow
   and I know, he watches over me!