Jesus Loves Me
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Organ and orchestra: an introduction, then each of the 3 verses. Tap a verse’s number to start there.
- Jesus loves me! this I know,For the Bible tells me so;Little ones to Him belong;They are weak, but He is strong.RefrainYes, Jesus loves me!Yes, Jesus loves me!Yes, Jesus loves me!The Bible tells me so.
- Jesus loves me! He who diedHeaven's gate to open wide;He will wash away my sin,Let His little child come in.RefrainYes, Jesus loves me!Yes, Jesus loves me!Yes, Jesus loves me!The Bible tells me so.
- Jesus loves me! He will stayClose beside me all the way;If I love Him when I die,He will take me home on high.RefrainYes, Jesus loves me!Yes, Jesus loves me!Yes, Jesus loves me!The Bible tells me so.
About this hymn
- Words
- Anna B. Warner, 1859. Refrain by William B. Bradbury, 1862. As printed in Calvary Songs (1875), no. 44.
- Tune
- JESUS LOVES ME, William B. Bradbury, 1862.
- Harmony
- William B. Bradbury, in Bradbury’s Golden Chain and Shower, 1866. Score from the Open Hymnal Project.
- Recordings
- Arranged and recorded by Fish the Right, from the harmony above: the melody note for note and every chord the hymnal’s own. Played on the Salamander Grand Piano V3 by Alexander Holm (CC BY 3.0), with organ, strings, brass and timpani from VSCO 2 Community Edition by Versilian Studios (the organ sampled by Simon Dalzell); drums from Virtuosity Drums and bass from Black And Blue Basses by Versilian Studios and Karoryfer Samples; pads from GeneralUser GS by S. Christian Collins; made with abcMIDI, sfizz, FluidSynth and FFmpeg.
- Rights
- Words 1859, tune 1862, setting 1866: all published before 1931, so public domain in the United States. Checked: words (hymnary.org), tune (hymnary.org), harmony (openhymnal.org).