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I Am Jesus' Little Lamb
- Words:
- Henrietta L. von Hayn, 1778. Translation composite.
- Music:
- 'Weil Ich Jesu Schäflein Bin' from Bruder Choral-Buch, 1784.
- Setting:
- "Church Book for the Use of Evangelical Lutheran Congregations", 1893.
- Metre:
- 7 7 8 8 7 7
- 1I am Jesus' little lamb,Ever glad at heart I am;For my Shepherd gently guides me,Knows my need, and well provides me,Loves me ev'ry day the same,Even calls me by my name.
- 2Day by day, at home, away,Jesus is my Staff and Stay.When I hunger, Jesus feeds me,Into pleasant pastures leads me;When I thirst, He bids me goWhere the quiet waters flow.
- 3Who so happy as I am,Even now the Shepherd's lamb?And when my short life is ended,By His angel host attended,He shall fold me to His breast,There within His arms to rest.
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In the hymnals
- Written in 1871, the words are in 39 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project (Brian J. Dumont), which places its own work in the public domain. Further sheet music is from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.