Help Me, Dear Father
Author: Frances K. Taylor
Composer: Frances K. Taylor
Languages (43)
This song text has been indexed at SingPraises.net in the following languages:
- Albanian: Ndihmom’, At’ i Dashur
- American Sign Language (ASL): Help Me, Dear Father
- Bulgarian: Татко, бъди с мен!
- Cebuano: Tabangi Ko, Mahal nga Amahan
- Chinese (Simplified): 天父，帮助我
- Chinese (Traditional): 天父，幫助我
- Croatian: Oče, pomozi
- Czech: Pomoz mi, Otče
- Danish: Hjælp mig, oh Fader
- Dutch: Help mij, o Vader
- English: Help Me, Dear Father
- Estonian: Aita mind, Isa
- Fijian: Ni Vukei Au Mai Noqu Kalou
- Finnish: Auta mua
- French: Aide-moi, Père
- German: Hilf mir, o Vater
- Greek: Βοήθα Πατέρα
- Hungarian: Segíts, jó Atyám
- Icelandic: Hjálpa mér, faðir
- Indonesian: Bapa Kumohon PertolonganMu
- Italian: Padre, aiutami a perdonar
- Japanese: 人をゆるせるように
- Kekchi: Chinaatenqʼa re tinkuyebʼ lix maak
- Khmer (Cambodian): បិតាសូមជួយកូន
- Korean: 불친절한 자
- Latvian: Palīdzi, Tēvs!
- Lithuanian: Tėve, padėki
- Malagasy: Ray ô, ampio aho
- Mandarin (Romanized/Pinyin): Tiānfù, bāngzhù wǒ
- Mongolian: Эцэг минь гуйя, надад туслаач
- Norwegian: Hjelp meg, o Fader
- Polish: Pomóż mi, Ojcze
- Portuguese: Faze-me, ó Pai, Perdoar
- Romanian: Să m-ajuţi, Tată
- Russian: О помоги, Отче, прощать
- Samoan: Fesoasoani Mai Ia Te A‘u Tama Pele
- Spanish: Saber perdonar
- Swedish: Lär oss, o Fader
- Tagalog: Ama, Ako’y Tulungan
- Tahitian: Te Metua ē
- Thai: พระบิดาโปรดช่วยฉัน
- Tongan: Tokoniʻi Au Tamai
- Ukrainian: Боже, дай сили
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Most common tunes for “Help Me, Dear Father”
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Appearances of “Help Me, Dear Father” over time
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Copyright status of original text
This text was first published in English, in 1940 or earlier.
Public domain with caveats (IRI)*
*“Help me, dear Father, to truly repent…” verse © 1989 IRI.
Earliest known source: Little Stories in Song (1940).
Earliest source indexed at SingPraises.net:
Little Stories in Song (1940), 40.
Representative lyrics
English (Original Language)
1. Help me, dear Father, to freely forgive All who may seem unkind to me.
Help me each day, Father, I pray; Help me live nearer, nearer to thee.
2. Help me, dear Father, to truly repent, Making things right, and changing my ways.
Help me each day, Father, I pray; Help me live nearer, nearer to thee.
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