Jesus, Savior, pity me, Hear me when I cry to thee

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Jesus, Savior, pity me, Hear me when I cry to thee

Author: Mary Lundie Duncan
Published in 6 hymnals

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1 Jesus, Saviour, pity me,
Hear me when I cry to Thee;
I've a very wicked heart,
Full of sin in every part.

Refrain:
Dear Jesus, hear me:
Dear Jesus, hear me;
Dear Jesus, hear me,
Oh, listen to my prayers.

2 I can never make it good;
Wilt Thou wash me in Thy blood?
Jesus, Saviour, pity me,
Hear me when I pray to Thee. [Refrain]

3 When I try to do Thy will,
Sin is in my bosom still,
And I soon do something bad;
Then my heart is dark and sad. [Refrain]

4 Now I come to Thee for aid,
All my hope on Thee is stayed;
Thou hast bled and died for me,
I will give myself to Thee. [Refrain]

Source: Songs for Little Folks: a collection adapted for the home circle and for primary classes in Sunday schools and day schools: containing a number of carefully selected kindergarten songs #34a

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Author: Mary Lundie Duncan

Duncan, Mary, née Lundie, daughter of the Rev. Robert Lundie, Parish Minister of Kelso, and Mary Grey Lundie Duncan, was born at Kelso, April 26, 1814. On July 11, 1836, she was married to the William Wallace Duncan, the son of Rev. Henry Duncan, D.D., founder of the Savings Bank movement and minister in Ruthwell, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. In the end of December, 1839, she took a chill, which resulted in a fever and died on Jan. 5, 1840. Her hymns, mostly written for her children between July and December, 1839, appeared, in 1841, in her Memoir, by her mother, and were issued separately, in 1842, as Rhymes for my Children, to the number of 23. The best known are, "Jesus, tender Shepherd, hear me," and "My Saviour, be Thou near me." Dian… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Jesus, Savior, pity me, Hear me when I cry to thee
Author:	Mary Lundie Duncan
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Dear Jesus, hear me
Publication Date:	1868
Copyright:	Public Domain