As I Eat the Broken Bread
Author: D. Evan Davis
Composer: D. Evan Davis
Languages (17)
This song text has been indexed at SingPraises.net in the following languages:
- Danish: Når jeg får det brudte brød
- Dutch: Als ik eet ’t gebroken brood
- English: As I Eat the Broken Bread
- Finnish: Kun syön leivän murretun
- French: En mangeant ce pain rompu
- German: Wenn ich Brot und Wasser nehm’
- Icelandic: Er ég et hið brotna brauð
- Italian: Mentre prendo il sacramento
- Japanese: [Unknown title]
- Korean: [Unknown title]
- Mandarin (Traditional): [Unknown title]
- Norwegian: Når jeg nyter brød og vann
- Portuguese: Ao Tomar o Sacramento
- Samoan: A Ou Ai Le Areto Ua Tofitofi
- Spanish: Al comer el pan
- Swedish: När jag äter brutet bröd
- Tongan: ʻI Heʻeku Kai ʻa e Ma
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Most common tunes for “As I Eat the Broken Bread”
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Appearances of “As I Eat the Broken Bread” over time
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Copyright status of original text
This text was first published in English, in 1969 or earlier.
In copyright (IRI?)
Earliest source indexed at SingPraises.net: Sing with Me (1969), p. C-1b; Hiva Pea mo Au (1969), p. C-1b.
Representative lyrics
English (Original Language)
1. As I eat the broken bread and drink the water clear, I try to think of Christ the Son and have his spirit near.
2. Pain and sorrow, hate and loss, he suffered all for me. Dear Savior, may I always be obedient unto Thee.