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El Niño Pequeño

Representative Text

1 Los niños y niñas de toda región,
que vive muy lejos de aquí,
son mis hermanitos; los ama Jesús
como nos ama a ti y a mí.

Estribillo:
Jesús ama a los niños y niñas
del mundo entero.
De todas las naciones
y razas los ama Jesús.

2 Los japonesitos de risueña faz,
de islas del gran mar turquí,
la tierra de flores: los ama Jesús
como nos ama a ti y a mí. [Estribillo]

3 El africanito, en sol tropical,
jugando en la arena feliz,
también es mi hermano y lo ama Jesús
como nos ama a ti y a mí. [Estribillo]

4 Los esquimalitos, envueltos en piel,
que viven tan lejos de aquí,
en tierra helada: los ama Jesús
como nos ama a ti y a mí. [Estribillo]

5 Los niños y niñas de todo lugar,
que viven en cada país,
de Dios son criaturas; los ama Jesús
como nos ama a ti y a mí. [Estribillo]

Source: El Himnario Presbiteriano #276

Translator: Effie Chastain de Naylor

Born in Mexico in 1889 to parents from the U.S. who were missionaries. She married George Dent Naylor, a Methodist missionary and they worked in Guantánamo. She was a composer and choir director. Her music is widely used in Cuban churches. Dianne Shapiro, from A Social History of Cuban's Protestants: God and the Nation, by James A.Baer (Lanham: Lexington Books, 2019) Go to person page >

Author: Margaret Coote Brown

Early 20th Century Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: El niño pequeño de toda región
Title: El Niño Pequeño
English Title: The cunning papoose in the wigwam that lives
Author: Margaret Coote Brown
Translator: Effie Chastain de Naylor
Meter: 11.8.11.8 with refrain
Language: Spanish
Refrain First Line: Jesús ama a los niños
Copyright: Tr. © Effie Chastain de Naylor

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Media

Culto Cristiano #381
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El Himnario #276

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El Himnario Presbiteriano #276

Himnos de Vida y Luz #322

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