While Jesus Loves Me is not used very much in the public schools, I still remember trying to play it on my trombone as a child and fishing around for the notes until I got it right. It is one of the most often sung hymns, especially by children, and with summer camp and other similar events happening all around the country I thought it might be nice to have a printable set of music should the need arise. I even threw in parts for the Violin just in case!
Jesus Loves Me was actually written between 1860-1862 by lyricist Anna Warner and music composer William Bradbury. The original lyrics were written for a Sunday School teacher to sing to a dying young boy. Nearly a hundred and fifty years after it was first sung, it is now a staple part of world wide sacred music. Travelling with missionaries across Asia and Europe,Rev. Harutune S. Jenanyan spread the song in many different languages. A statement by a descendent of Rev. Jenanyan speaking of these travels is available at CyberHymnal.org. The site also includes several bibliographic references for further study.
The current lyrics to Jesus Loves Me are available at the bottom of this page, however one stanza of the original lyrics is not normally sung in current practice. These missing lyrics are shown here:
Jesus loves me! Loves me still,
Though I’m very weak and ill,
That I might from sin be free
Bled and died upon the tree.
You can view the full score of the song and listen to it using the Sibelius Scorch viewer below (requires a plugin from the Sibelius web site). You can also download individual parts in PDF or Sibelius format using the links farther down on the page.
This article contains links to the melody part of Jesus Loves Me arranged for common concert band instrument and written to be playable by beginning musicians. Other versions of Jesus Loves Me are also available through SheetMusic.com in various formats and for a large variety of instruments :
Jesus Loves Me| # | Name | Size | Downloaded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Jesus Loves Me Voice (View) | 18.21 kB | 2056 times |
| 2 |  Jesus Loves Me Voice (View) | 10.08 kB | 3561 times |
| 3 | Jesus Loves Me Violin (View) | 17.74 kB | 1425 times |
| 4 | Jesus Loves Me Violin (View) | 9.3 kB | 2450 times |
| 5 | Jesus Loves Me Tuba (View) | 17.76 kB | 781 times |
| 6 | Jesus Loves Me Tuba (View) | 9.27 kB | 1082 times |
| 7 | Jesus Loves Me Trumpet In Bb (View) | 17.76 kB | 1122 times |
| 8 | Jesus Loves Me Trumpet (View) | 10.58 kB | 1921 times |
| 9 | Jesus Loves Me Trombone (View) | 17.72 kB | 959 times |
| 10 | Jesus Loves Me Trombone (View) | 9.08 kB | 1622 times |
| 11 | Jesus Loves Me Score (View) | 19.29 kB | 1214 times |
| 12 | Jesus Loves Me Score (View) | 18.98 kB | 2958 times |
| 13 | Jesus Loves Me Horn In F (View) | 17.72 kB | 778 times |
| 14 | Jesus Loves Me Horn (View) | 9.24 kB | 1052 times |
| 15 | Jesus Loves Me Flute (View) | 17.73 kB | 1334 times |
| 16 | Jesus Loves Me Flute (View) | 9.23 kB | 3270 times |
| 17 | Jesus Loves Me Clarinet In Bb (View) | 17.76 kB | 1155 times |
| 18 | Jesus Loves Me Clarinet (View) | 10.59 kB | 1888 times |
| 19 | Jesus Loves Me Alto Saxophone (View) | 17.72 kB | 1088 times |
| 20 | Jesus Loves Me Alto Saxophone (View) | 9.34 kB | 2010 times |
Jesus loves me! This I know,
For the Bible tells me so.
Little ones to Him belong;
They are weak, but He is strong.
Refrain:
Yes, Jesus loves me!
Yes, Jesus loves me!
Yes, Jesus loves me!
The Bible tells me so.
Jesus loves me! This I know,
As He loved so long ago,
Taking children on His knee,
Saying, “Let them come to Me.”
Refrain
Jesus loves me still today,
Walking with me on my way,
Wanting as a friend to give
Light and love to all who live.
Refrain
Jesus loves me! He who died
Heaven’s gate to open wide;
He will wash away my sin,
Let His little child come in.
Refrain
Jesus loves me! He will stay
Close beside me all the way;
Thou hast bled and died for me,
I will henceforth live for Thee.
Refrain
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I am working with windows xp and just downloaded your upgrade.How can I fix this? thanks Doreen
I have been battling this problem for several weeks now and can't find the cause. I am hopeful that it will get fixed in the near future however. Check back in a week or so and see if it is up and running.
In any case, the Sibelius files and PDF documents farther down the page work fine if you download them to your computer. It is only the scorch document that is not working.
By the way, you won't be able to play the voice scorch file directly in your browser. The only file that is set up to be displayed in scorch on the web pages is the Full Score file. The other files must be downloaded and opened locally.
I hope this helps!
Quoting doreen2day@hotmail.com:
Your Web site links to the Cyber Hymnal from http://www.musicedmagic.com/music/jesus-loves-me--free-sheet-music.html.
God bless...
Dick
You seem to know your history very well. I hadn't realized the song was over 150 years old. Would you happen to know if the music is owned and collecting royalties with a family member to Bradbury or if the public is permitted to reproduced the song?