Here is My Helping Hand

Bob Nolan
Original copyright: September 27, 1955

I heard my old pal calling to me.
He needs a helping hand.
It makes me happy, partner, to say,
“Here is my helping hand!”

When strife befalls thee, partner, just call me.
Here is my helping hand.
And shed all your cares for I will be there for
Here is my helping hand.
And you’ll find your sunshine comes all at one time
When you are sharing someone’s burden.
It’s just like playing when you are saying,
“Here is my helping hand!”

If you should wake with nothing to do,
A gloomy day’s at hand.
Just call a friend and ask him if you
Can lend your helping hand.

When strife befalls thee, partner, just call me.
Here is my helping hand.
And shed all your cares for I will be there for
Here is my helping hand.

And you’ll find your sunshine comes all at one time
When you are sharing someone’s burden.
It’s just like playing when you are saying,
“Here is my helping hand!”
“Here is my helping hand!”

“Here is My Helping Hand” was one of the songs Bob wrote with a young audience in mind. We found no sheet music nor was the song recorded commercially. The cue sheets are archived in the Harold B. Lee Library at the Brigham Young University, Republic Pictures music archives. It was sung by Bob and the Sons of the Pioneers in the Republic Film, On the Old Spanish Trail (1947).

We do not have any sheet music for this song.