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Ach, lieber Herre Jesu Christ, Seit Du ein Kind gewesen bist

Ach, lieber Herre Jesu Christ, Seit Du ein Kind gewesen bist

Author: Heinrich von Laufenberg (1430)
Tune: [O dearest Lord Jesus Christ]
Published in 4 hymnals

Representative Text

1 Ach lieber Herre Jesu Christ,
weil du ein Kind gewesen bist,
so gib auch diesem Kindelein
dein Gnad und auch den Segen dein.
Ach Jesu, Herre mein
behüt dies Kindelein!

2 Dein Engelschar, die steh ihm bei,
es wach und wo es sei.
Dein Kreuz behüts es, o Gottes Sohn,
daß es verlang der Heilgen Kron.
Ach Jesu, Herre mein,
behüt dies Kindelein!

3 Nun schlaf, nun schlaf, mein Kindelein!
Jesus soll freundlich bei dir sein.
Er wolle, daß dir träume wohl
und werdest aller Tugend voll!
Ach Jesu, Herre mein,
behüt dies Kindelein!

4 Ein gute Nacht und guten Tag
geb dir, der alle Ding vermag.
Hiermit sollst du gesegnet sein,
du herzeliebes Kindelein.
Ach Jesu, Herre mein,
behüt dies Kindelein!

Source: Antwort Finden in alten und neuen Liedern, in Worten zum Nachdenken und Beten: evangelisches Gesangbuch (Bayern, Mitteldeutschland, Thüringen) #468

Author: Heinrich von Laufenberg

Heinrich of Laufenburg was a native of Laufenburg, Aargau, Switzerland, The earliest notice of him is that in 1434 he was decan of the Collegiate Church of St. Maurice at Zofingen in Aargau. He afterwards held a similar post at Freiburg, in Baden; but in 1445 became a monk in the monastery of the Knights of St. John at Strassburg ("Zum grunen Werde"). He was living there in 1458, but probably died in that year or soon after (Koch, i. 213-214; Allgemine Deutsche Biographie, xix. 810-813, &c). He was the most important and most prolific hymn-writer of the 15th century, and a number of his productions are of sweetness and abiding worth. Most of them are in honour of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Many are in intricate metres, while others are writt… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Ach, lieber Herre Jesu Christ, Seit Du ein Kind gewesen bist
Author: Heinrich von Laufenberg (1430)
Language: German
Copyright: Public Domain

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Antwort Finden in alten und neuen Liedern, in Worten zum Nachdenken und Beten #468

Evangelisches Kirchengesangbuch #435

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Sonntagschulbuch für Evangelisch-Lutherische Gemeinden #232

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Sonntagschulbuch #323

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