Can a Little Child Like Me

Representative Text

1 Can a little child like me
thank the Father fittingly?
Yes, O yes! be good and true,
patient, kind in all you do;
love the Lord and do your part;
learn to say with all your heart,

Refrain:
Father, we thank thee! Father, we thank thee!
Father in heaven, we thank thee!

2 For the fruit upon the tree,
for the birds that sing of thee,
for the earth in beauty dressed,
father, mother, and the rest,
for thy precious, loving care,
for thy bounty ev'rywhere, [Refrain]

3 For the sunshine warm and bright,
for the day and for the night,
for the lessons of our youth--
honor, gratitude, and truth--
for the love that met us here,
for the home and for the cheer, [Refrain]

4 For our comrades and our plays,
and our happy holidays,
for the joyful work and true
that a little child may do,
for our lives but just begun,
for the great gift of thy Son, [Refrain]

Source: Trinity Psalter Hymnal #182

Author (attributed to): Mary Mapes Dodge

Mary Mapes Dodge is the often referred to as the "leader in juvenile literature" (Clarke, 1059), for she helped create and perpetuate the most widely circulated and read children's magazine during a time when American printing technology greatly improved and enabled the mass production of magazines and books. Dodge was born on January 26, 1831 in New York City. She grew up in a prominent family with two sisters. Her "own reminiscences were of 'a devoted father and mother and a happy childhood, a remarkably happy childhood, watched over with loving care'" (Gannon 3). Beginning in her early childhood, Dodge and her sisters were educated by a tutor in their home. Their father introduced them to a large variety of literature from the Bible to S… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Can a little child like me
Title: Can a Little Child Like Me
Author (attributed to): Mary Mapes Dodge
Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 with refrain
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Father, we thank thee!
Copyright: Public Domain

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A First Book in Hymns and Worship #15

A Hymnal for Friends #15

A Hymnal for Friends #171

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A Selection of Spiritual Songs #244

Action #20

AGO Founders Hymnal #5

Beautiful Songs for Sunday Schools #d24

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Beginner and Primary Songs #18

Beginners Teachers' Manual #d9

Bells of Heaven #d46

Bells of Heaven #d42

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Bright Light #197

Child Songs #d1

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Childhood Songs #46

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Children's Hymnal #142

Children's Hymns and Songs #d6

Children's Praise and Worship #d12

Children's Praises #d5

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Christian Life Songs #220

Divine Service Book for the Armed Forces #d24

Enyin Omode, Je K'a Korin (Children, Let us Sing) #d6

Everybody's Hymn Book for Church and Home #d36

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Good Will #55

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Good Will #55

Happy Voices No. 1 #d14

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Hosanna for the Sunday School #29

Hymn-Time for Tiny Tots #d1

Hymns and Prayers for Schools #d8

Hymns and Songs #ad3

Hymns and Songs I #d3

Hymns and Songs IV #aad3

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Hymns and Tunes for Schools #291

Hymns for Children and Grownups to Use Together #d23

Hymns of Faith, with Music #d13

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Hymns of the Centuries (Chapel Edition) #347

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Hymns of the Centuries #294

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In Excelsis for School and Chapel #277

In Excelsis for School and Chapel. l7th ed. #d30

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Junior Christian Endeavor Songs #106

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Laudes Domini #298

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Life Songs #234

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Living Fountain #155

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Living Hymns #111

Love and Praise #d19

Melody for the Sunday School #d11

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Missionary Hymnal #79

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Missionary Services and Hymnal #99

Our Hymns of Praise #d17

Popular Hymns, revised #292

Praise Him #d26

Primary Music and Worship #d8

Primary Songs for the Primary Class in the Sunday School. Rev.ed. #d6

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Revival Hymns and Choruses #529

Sacred Songs for Church and Home #d57

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Service Hymnal #547

Simple Songs for Toddlers, Vols. I & II #d2

Songs for Children #d13

Songs for Children, a Collection of Hymns and Other Songs ... #d11

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Songs for Little People #37

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Songs for Little People #52

Songs for Primary Children #d4

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Songs for Sunday Schools #132

Songs of Praise for Schools #d8

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Songs Tried and Proved #15

Sunday School Sings #d10

The Babies' Hymnal #d2

The Book of Common Praise #695

The Book of Praise #441

The Book of Praise #566

The Book of Praise #719

The Call to Praise #d11

The Call to Praise, a Hymnal for Children's Division #d10

The Child's First Songs in Religious Education #d4

The Children Sing #d12

The Children's Hymnal and Service Book #d18

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The Church School Hymnal #268

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The Cyber Hymnal #886

The Hymnal #d45

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The Hymnal of The Evangelical United Brethren Church #431

The Hymnal #544

The Hymnary for use in Baptist churches #584

The Hymnary of the United Church of Canada #584

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The King's Praises #18

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The Methodist Sunday School Hymnal #35

The Mission Band Hymnal #d8

The Morning Light, Enlarged #79

The Morning Light #79

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The New Canadian Hymnal #427

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The New Canadian Hymnal #427

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The Presbyterian Book of Praise #518

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The Presbyterian Book of Praise #518

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The Primary and Junior Hymnal #285

The Primary Hymnal #d13

The Primary Song book #d10

The Sabbath Hour #d12

The Singing Choir #d17

The Watchword or The World of Gold #d10

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Trinity Hymnal #645

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