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Text:This I did for thee
Tune:[I gave my life for thee]
Composer:Dr. A. B. Everett

41. This I did for thee

1 I gave my life for thee,
My precious blood I shed,
That thou might'st ransomed be,
And quickened from the dead.
I gave my life for thee;
What hast thou given for me?
I gave my life for thee;
What hast thou given for me?

2 My Father's house of light,
My rainbow circled throne
I left for earthly night,
For wanderings sad and lone,
I left it all for thee;
Hast thou left aught for me?
I left it all for thee
Hast thou left aught for me?

3 I suffered much for thee,
More than my tongue can tell,
Of bitterest agony,
Thee to preserve from hell,
I suffered much for thee;
What doest thou for me?
I suffered much for thee;
What doest thou for me?

Text Information
First Line: I gave my life for thee
Title: This I did for thee
Language: English
Publication Date: 1881
Notes: Now Public Domain. By permission of R. M. McIntosh.
Tune Information
Name: [I gave my life for thee]
Composer: Dr. A. B. Everett (1870)
Key: F Major or modal
Notes: Public Domain.



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