"Joy in My Heart", sometimes titled "I've Got the Joy, Joy, Joy, Joy" or "Joy, Joy Down in My Heart", is a popular

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song often sung around the campfire and during

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events. It is often included in

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and

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concerts, songbooks, and Christian children's songbooks. The song was written by George William Cooke. Cooke was born in

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, Yorkshire, England in 1884 and died in Jamestown, New York in 1951. He was the author of "Joy in My Heart" which was copyrighted in 1925 (but not renewed). At that time he was living in Wilmington, Delaware. He was a minister and associated with a group called Gospel Crusaders which was associated with the

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. He ran the Delmarva Camp, a Methodist camp that held gospel meetings and revivals. He was later minister of Methodist churches in Buffalo and Rochester

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. As a young man, he twice circled the globe in evangelistic tours with Commissioner Samuel L. Brengle of the

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In popular culture

The song is the origin of the title of William Stafford's 1947 prose memoir of his WWII pacifist service, ''Down In My Heart''.Kim Stafford, Early Morning: Remembering My Father, William Stafford, Publisher Trinity University Press, 2014

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's version of the song, known as "Down in My Heart", appeared in the American television adaption of '' Wilfred'' when it was featured during the final moments of the series finale. Though the context it's played in is not conducive to the song’s original theme of Christianity, instead referring to the main character coming to peace with his state of mind, it is possibly for this reason that only the chorus of the song is played. Granny (actress Irene Ryan) sings the song in an episode of the 1960s TV sitcom ''

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''. In "

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", the tenth episode of the fourth season of ''

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'', characters Rod and Todd Flanders sing this song. The song was included by

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as one of the tracks on the '' London 0 Hull 4'' Deluxe Edition album, from when lead singer

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's lyrics reflected his Christian views at the time. The song is sung by Jeremy Sumpter and

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at the beginning of the 2001 thriller '' Frailty''. In the 2014 game ''LISA'', the song is repeatedly sung by the character Buzzo when offering the in-game drug, Joy. In 2015, S7E7 of '' Tosh.0'' featured

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referencing and singing it. It was also used in a

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ad that April. In 2016, Volkswagen used the song in a TV commercial aired during the UEFA Euro 2016. In 2017, it is sung in the first episode of ''

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''. In 2018, for King & Country sample the song for their single "

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References

External links

Got the Joy'' lyrics (with guitar chords)
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