I’ll Serve the Lord While I Am Young
Author: Eliza R. Snow
Composer: Varies by tune (see below)
Languages (19)
This song text has been indexed at SingPraises.net in the following languages:
- Danish: Jeg tjener Gud, mens jeg er ung
- Dutch: Ik dien de Heer vanaf mijn jeugd
- English: I’ll Serve the Lord While I Am Young
- Finnish: Mä nuoruudessain palvella
- French: Je servirai le Seigneur
- German: Ich will schon in der frühen Stund’
- Hawaiian: E Hahai Au I Kuu Alii
- Icelandic: Ég góðum Guði þjóna vil
- Italian: Servirò il Signore
- Japanese: [Unknown title]
- Korean: [Unknown title]
- Mandarin (Traditional): [Unknown title]
- Maori: Me Mahi Au ki te Atua
- Norwegian: Jeg tjener Gud mens jeg er ung
- Portuguese: Dedicarei minha Juventude ao Senhor
- Samoan: Ou Te Auauna I Le Alii A O Ou Talavou
- Spanish: Dedicaré Mi Juventud al Señor
- Swedish: Jag tjänar Gud
- Tongan: Te u Kumi ki he ʻEiki
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Most common tunes for “I’ll Serve the Lord While I Am Young”
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Appearances of “I’ll Serve the Lord While I Am Young” over time
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Copyright status of original text
This text was first published in English, in 1840 or earlier.
Public domain
Earliest source indexed at SingPraises.net: Poems, Religious, Historical, and Political, Vol I (1856), 44.
Representative lyrics
English (Original Language)
1. I’ll serve the Lord while I am young,And in my early days,Devote the music of my tongueTo my Redeemer’s praise.I’ll praise His name, that He has giv’nMe parentage and birthAmong the most beloved of heav’nThat dwell upon the earth.
2. O Lord, my parents here preserve,To teach me righteousness,That my young feet may never swerveFrom paths of holiness.And, like the faithful ones of oldWho now behold Thy face,May I be formed in virtue’s mouldTo fill a holy place.
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