Millennial Harp 51
Jesus Loves Me
1Jesus loves me! this I know, For the Bible tells me so; Little ones to Him belong, They are weak, but He is strong.
RefrainYes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me! The Bible tells me so.
2Jesus loves me! He who died Heaven's gate to open wide; He will wash away my sin, Let His little child come in.
3Jesus, take this heart of mine, Make it pure and wholly Thine; On the cross You died for me, I will love and live for Thee.
The verse
- Meter
- 28
- Foot
- trochaic (DUM-da) · 32% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- A
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary
Verse 1
Jesus loves me! this I know, For the Bible tells me so; Little ones to Him belong, They are weak, but He is strong./˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/˘˘˘/28A
Verse 2
Jesus loves me! He who died Heaven's gate to open wide; He will wash away my sin, Let His little child come in./˘/˘˘˘//˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘//˘/˘//˘28A
Verse 3
Jesus, take this heart of mine, Make it pure and wholly Thine; On the cross You died for me, I will love and live for Thee./˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘˘˘/˘/˘/28A
Refrain
Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me! The Bible tells me so.//˘/˘//˘/˘//˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘21A
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.