Lord, Thee I Love With All My Heart Top Pick
For Unison or SATB with keyboard - Part of our Chorister Collection, our series of masterworks that are adapted for use with children or even soloists! Curated and edited by Thom Pavlechko. Bach's setting of the chorale from the St. John Passion. Available in 2 keys. Note that the recording is both of the version for SATB as well as the version for trebles.
Lord, thee I love with all my heart;
I pray thee, ne'er from me depart,
with tender mercy cheer me.
Earth has no pleasure I would share;
yea, heav'n itself were void and bare
if thou, Lord, wert not near me.
And should my heart for sorrow break,
my trust in thee can nothing shake.
Thou art the portion I have sought;
thy precious blood my soul has bought.
Lord Jesus Christ, my God and Lord, my God and Lord,
forsake me not! I trust thy word.
Yea, Lord, 'twas thy rich bounty gave
my body, soul, and all I have
in this poor life of labor.
Lord, grant that I in ev'ry place
may glorify thy lavish grace
and help and serve my neighbor.
Let no false doctrine me beguile;
let Satan not my soul defile.
Give strength and patience unto me
to bear my cross and follow thee.
Lord Jesus Christ, my God and Lord, my God and Lord,
in death thy comfort still afford.