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Text:Alas! and Did My Saviour Bleed
Author:Isaac Watts, 1674-1748
Tune:O HOW I LOVE JESUS
Composer:Anon.

790. Alas! and Did My Saviour Bleed

1 Alas! and did my Savior bleed?
And did my Sov'reign die?
Would He devote that sacred head
For such a worm as I?

Chorus:
O how I love Jesus,
O how I love Jesus,
O how I love Jesus,
Because He first loved me.

Text Information
First Line: Alas! and did my Savior bleed?
Title: Alas! and Did My Saviour Bleed
Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748
Refrain First Line: O how I love Jesus
Meter: C.M. 8.6.8.6. with Ref.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1972
Scripture:
Topic: Book Four: Occasional Selections, Gospel Songs and Hymns; Jesus Christ: Passion, Redemption, Blood Atonement of
Notes: In Whom we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins. Col. 1:14.
Tune Information
Name: O HOW I LOVE JESUS
Composer: Anon.
Meter: C.M. 8.6.8.6. with Ref.
Key: A♭ Major
Notes: M.M. 112



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