Jesus Loves Me

DESCRIPTION: "I am so glad that my father's in heaven, Wonderful words in the book he has given. Oh, wonderful things in the Bible I see, But this is the greatest, that Jesus loves me." "I am so glad that Jesus loves me." Even if the singer "wanders away," he is loved
AUTHOR: Philip P. Bliss (1838-1876) (source: Jones-MinstrelOfTheAppalachians-Bascom-Lamar-Lunsford)
EARLIEST DATE: 1987 (Jones-MinstrelOfTheAppalachians-Bascom-Lamar-Lunsford)
KEYWORDS: love religious nonballad Jesus
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Jones-MinstrelOfTheAppalachians-Bascom-Lamar-Lunsford, p. 225, "Jesus Loves Me" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #9135
SAME TUNE:
Chiefy Loves Me (File: Tawn014)
NOTES [14 words]: For more on Philip Paul Bliss, see the notes to "Let the Lower Lights Be Burning." - RBW
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File: JoLun225

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