Can a Little Child like Me?
First line: Can a little child like me Thank the Father / Can a little child, like me / Can a little child like me, Thank the Father fittingly?
Original language: English
Words: Mary M. Dodge
Music: W. K. Bassford
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Can a Little Child like Me?
Children’s Songbook
(1989, 2017 ed.), no. 9
1. Can a little child like meThank the Father fittingly?Yes, oh yes! Be good and true,Patient, kind in all you do!Love the Lord and do your part;Learn to say with all your heart:
[Chorus]Father, we thank thee!Father, we thank thee!Father in Heaven, we thank thee!
2. For the fruit upon the tree,For the birds that sing of thee,For the sunshine warm and bright,For the day and for the night,For the joyful work and trueThat a little child may do,
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These charts show the use of this song in English hymnbooks and other collections published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. If a song appears in multiple editions of the same hymnbook, it is only counted once. [undetermined] means that tune information has not yet been entered in.
Tunes that have appeared with this song in English
Appearances of this song over time in English
Tune: Can a Little Child like Me? (by W. K. Bassford) (Return to top) Tune 332
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Can a Little Child, Like Me
