<Tr> <Th> Based on </Th> <Td> Psalm 145 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Meter </Th> <Td> 8.7. 8.7 with refrain </Td> </Tr> <P> "How Can I Keep From Singing?" (also known by its incipit "My Life Flows On in Endless Song") is a Christian hymn with music written by American Baptist minister Robert Wadsworth Lowry . The song is frequently, though erroneously, cited as a traditional Quaker or Shaker hymn . The original composition has now entered into the public domain, and appears in several hymnals and song collections, both in its original form and with a revised text . Though it is not, in fact, a Quaker hymn, twentieth - century Quakers adopted it as their own and use it widely today . </P> <P> The first known publication of the words was on August 7, 1868, in The New York Observer, Titled "Always Rejoicing", and, attributed to "Pauline T .", the text reads: </P>

How can i keep from singing lyrics meaning