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Come, Jesus, Holy Child to Me

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Translator: Paul Zeller Strodach

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Text Information

First Line: Come, Jesus, Holy Child, to me
Title: Come, Jesus, Holy Child to Me
Original Language: German
Translator: Paul Zeller Strodach (1928)
Source: Hofgesangbuch, 1672
Language: English
Copyright: Trans. © United Lutheran Church In America, Board of Publication
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Tune

[Ach lieber Gott behüte mich und meine Eltern gnädiglich]


PUER NOBIS NASCITUR

PUER NOBIS is a melody from a fifteenth-century manuscript from Trier. However, the tune probably dates from an earlier time and may even have folk roots. PUER NOBIS was altered in Spangenberg's Christliches GesangbUchlein (1568), in Petri's famous Piae Cantiones (1582), and again in Praetorius's (P…

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Instances

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Hymns and Songs for Church Schools #d38

Hymns and Songs for Church Schools #d38

Our Songs of Praise #d24

Our Songs of Praise #d24

The Children's Hymnal #d50

The Children's Hymnal #d50
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The Children's Hymnal and Service Book #2

The Children's Hymnal and Service Book #2

The Children's Hymnbook #77

The Children's Hymnbook #77
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