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Text:God’s Own Child, I Gladly Say It
Author:Erdmann Neumeister, 1671–1756
Translator:Robert E. Voelker, b. 1957
Tune:BACHOFEN
Composer:Johann Caspar Bachofen, 1695–1755
Harmonizer:Henry V. Gerike, b. 1948

252. God’s Own Child, I Gladly Say It

Text Information
First Line: God's own child, I gladly say it
Title: God’s Own Child, I Gladly Say It
Author: Erdmann Neumeister, 1671–1756
Translator: Robert E. Voelker, b. 1957
Meter: 87 87 88 77
Language: English
Publication Date: 2020
Topic: Baptismal Life
Copyright: © 1991 Robert E. Voelker
ONE LICENSE: 71377
Tune Information
Name: BACHOFEN
Composer: Johann Caspar Bachofen, 1695–1755 (alt.)
Harmonizer: Henry V. Gerike, b. 1948
Meter: 87 87 88 77
Key: F Major or modal
Copyright: Public domain (Tune); © 2006 Concordia Publishing House (Setting)



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