Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church ‎#556

556. I am Jesus' little lamb

1 I am Jesus' little lamb,
Ever glad at heart I am;
Jesus loves me, Jesus knows me,
All things fair and good he shows me,
Even calls me by my name;
Every day He is the same.

2 Safely in and out I go,--
Jesus loves and keeps me so.
When I hunger, Jesus feeds me;
When I thirst, my Shepherd leads me
Where the waters softly flow,
Where the sweetest pastures grow.

3 Should I not be always glad?
None whom Jesus loves are sad;
And when this short life is ended,
Those whom the Good Shepherd tended
Will be taken to the skies,
There to dwell in Paradise.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: I am Jesus' little lamb
• Author: Henrietta Luise von Hayn (1778)
• Translator: William Fleming Stevenson (1871)
• Meter: 7 7, 8 8, 7 7
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: Hymns for Children
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: WEIL ICH JESU SCHÄFLEIN BIN
• Meter: 7 7, 8 8, 7 7
• Key: A Major
• Source: Dölker's Geistliche Lieder, 1876
• Notes: Public Domain.