Jesus Once Was a Little Child
Author: James R. Murray
Composer: Joseph Ballantyne
Languages (45)
This song text has been indexed at SingPraises.net in the following languages:
- Albanian: Jezusi Dikur një F’mij’ Ishte
- Aymara: Mä Cuti
- Bulgarian: И Исус някога бил е малко дете
- Cebuano: Sa Bata pa si Jesus
- Chinese (Simplified): 耶稣也曾是个小孩
- Chinese (Traditional): 耶穌也曾是個小孩
- Croatian: Isus bio je djetešce
- Czech: Malým dítětem i Ježíš jednou byl
- Danish: Engang var Jesus et lille barn
- Dutch: Ook Jezus was eens een kindje klein
- English: Jesus Once Was a Little Child
- Estonian: Jeesus oli kord väike laps
- Fijian: Jisu ni a Gonelailai
- Finnish: Jeesus myös oli lapsonen
- French: Jésus enfant
- German: Jesus war einst ein kleines Kind
- Greek: Ήταν κι ο Ιησούς παιδί
- Hungarian: Egykor Jézus is gyermek volt
- Icelandic: Jesús var líka lítið barn
- Indonesian: Yesus Pernah Kecil Dahulu
- Italian: Gesù fu un tempo anche Lui un bimbo
- Japanese: イエス様も子供でした
- Kekchi: Joʼ chʼina al li Jesus kiwan
- Khmer (Cambodian): គ្រាមួយកាលព្រះយេស៊ូវនៅតូច
- Korean: 주님도 한때 우리처럼
- Latvian: Bij’ maziņš bērniņš reiz Pestītājs
- Lithuanian: Ir Jėzus buvo kadais kaip tu
- Malagasy: Jesoa anie fahiny koa mba zaza tahaka ahy
- Mandarin (Romanized/Pinyin): Yēsū yě céng shì gè xiǎohái
- Mongolian: Есүс над шиг хүүхэд байв
- Navajo: Jesus Ałchíní Nilį́į́ Ńtʼę́ę́ʼ
- Norwegian: En gang var Jesus et lite barn
- Polish: Jezus kiedyś też dzieckiem był
- Portuguese: Jesus Criança Já Foi Também
- Quechua (Peru): Huch’uy Erqen Huk Kutin Jesus Karqan
- Romanian: Copil a fost cândva Isus
- Russian: Был когда-то Иисус Христос ребёнком
- Samoan: Sa Tamaititi o Iesu
- Spanish: Pequeño niño fue Jesús
- Swedish: Som litet människobarn
- Tagalog: Minsa’y Naging Musmos si Cristo
- Tahitian: E tamari’i iti Iesu
- Thai: ครั้งหนึ่งพระเยชูเคยเป็นเด็ก
- Tongan: Ko Sīsuú Naʻá Ne Hangē Ha kiʻi Tamasiʻí
- Ukrainian: Ісус теж був дитям малим
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Copyright status of original text
This text was first published in English, in 1880 or earlier.
Public domain
Earliest source indexed at SingPraises.net: Primary Song Book (1905), no. 16.
Representative lyrics
English (Original Language)
1. — Jesus once was a little child, A little child like me; And he was pure and meek and mild, As a little child should be.
So, little children, Let’s you and I Try to be like him, Try, try, try.
2. He played as little children play The pleasant games of youth; But he never got vexed if the game went wrong, And he always spoke the truth.
So, little children, Let’s you and I Try to be like him, Try, try, try.