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Text: | Fairest Lord Jesus |
Translator: | Anonymous |
Translator (stanza 2): | Joseph A. Seiss |
Tune: | CRUSADER'S HYMN |
Arranger: | Richard Storrs Willis |
1 Fairest Lord Jesus, ruler of all nature,
O thou of God and man the Son,
thee will I cherish, thee will I honor,
thou, my soul's glory, joy, and crown!
2 Beautiful Savior! Lord of all the nations!
Son of God and Son of Man!
Glory and honor, praise, adoration,
now and forevermore be thine!
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Fairest Lord Jesus |
Title: | Fairest Lord Jesus |
Translator: | Anonymous (1850) |
Translator (stanza 2): | Joseph A. Seiss (1873) |
Meter: | 5.6.8.5.5.8. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1995 |
Topic: | Praise and Thanksgiving: Songs to Remember the Work of the Son |
Source: | Gesangbuch, Münster, 1677 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | CRUSADER'S HYMN |
Arranger: | Richard Storrs Willis (1873) |
Meter: | 5.6.8.5.5.8. |
Key: | E♭ Major |
Source: | H.A. Hoffman von Fallersleben's Schleische Volslieder, 1842 |