We Are But Little Children Weak

DESCRIPTION: "We are but little children weak, Nor born in any high estate; What can we do for Jesus' sake, Who is so high, and good, and great!" "There's not a child so small and weak But has his little cross to take His little work... That he may do for Jesus' sake"
AUTHOR: Cecil Frances (Humphreys) Alexander (1818-1895) (source: hymnary.org)
EARLIEST DATE: 1850 (Church Sunday School Hymn Book, according to hymnary.org)
KEYWORDS: children religious
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, p. 109, "We are but little children weak" (1 fragment)
Roud #25520
SAME TUNE:
We Are But Little Seaforths Weak (File: AWTBW091)
We Are But Little Airmen Weak (Ward-Jackson/Lucas-AirmansSongBook, pp. 161-162)
NOTES [75 words]: Alice Kane seems to have been taught a lot of Alexander poems; she also cited her "Day by Day the Little Daisy" and her famous "All Things Bright and Beautiful." Alexander also wrote "Once In Royal David's City" and "There Is a Green Hill Far Away." For background on her, see "All Things Bright and Beautiful."
This is apparently usually sung to the tune "Alstone." One writer thought it was the most popular of Alexander's many nauseating poems. - RBW
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