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Christ in Song 251

He Loves Me, Too

Words: A. H. AckleyMusic: J. B. Sumner

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1God loves the lit-tle spar-rows, I'll gone His ten-der care; If God so loves the lit-tle birds, I know He loves me, too.
He paints the lil-y so fair, He feeds the rav-en on the tree, I know He loves me, too.

RefrainHe loves me, too, he loves me, too, I know he loves me, too; Be-cause he loves the lit-tle-ones, I know he loves me, too.

2God made the lit-tle chil-dren, And lit-tle lambs He guards and small; He'll not forget His lit-tle ones, I know He loves them all.

Scripture
Matthew 10:29-31

Used by permission of J. B. Sumner.

The verse

Meter
27.21
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 58% of beats fit
Rhyme
AA
Scan every line

/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

God loves the lit-tle spar-rows, I'll gone His ten-der care; If God so loves the lit-tle birds, I know He loves me, too.//˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/27A
He paints the lil-y so fair, He feeds the rav-en on the tree, I know He loves me, too.˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/21A

Verse 2

God made the lit-tle chil-dren, And lit-tle lambs He guards and small; He'll not forget His lit-tle ones, I know He loves them all.//˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘//˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/29A

Refrain

He loves me, too, he loves me, too, I know he loves me, too; Be-cause he loves the lit-tle-ones, I know he loves me, too.˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘???˘/˘/˘/28A

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.