Ahoy, Huaro!

That's one of my favorite old Hymns, too.

It appears in my collection of 1800's Gospel Music as No. 314: "My Jesus, I Love Thee." on pg. 292 of "Gospel Hymns Combined"; Church, Biglow, & Main: 1879.

Annotations on this original score as printed include a passage from John 17:10 under the title, "London Hymn Book, 1864" at the left top and "A.J. GORDON, by per." at the right top. There are 4 verses of lyrics.

I havn't fussed with the Text/Midi thing; the old version of it was a bit of a pain to use, perhaps I'll try the newer one.

But the tune in one flat, 4/4 time, is probably the one which you and I are most familiar with, and is the one commonly used in Evangelical Christian Worship on occasion today. I have seen it in more than one contemporary Protestant Christian Church Hymnal.

I have improvised guitar chords for it which work well for me in the primative fingerpicking style on a gut-strung old parlor guitar, but it is a really tricky piece to play. At least it is for me; Segovia would not have all that much of a problem with it, I suppose. The part that goes; "My Gra-cious Re-deem-er, ..." has a seperate chord for EACH syllable of that part, not counting an optional Em for the bridge in "Redeemer"; G-Bm-Em-Am-C-(Em)-D7... It will give your left hand (assuming that you play right-handed) a tremendous workout!

When you get this one mastered and are feeling pretty hot, let me know and I'll send you another mid-1800's piece entitled "Weep Not For Me" to the tune of "All Through The Night". It's wicked pretty, but also demands some fast tap-dancing on the fingerboard between chords!

If you would PM me with your E-mail address I could scan my working copy of the score, annotated with chords as an ATT *.JPG or *.GIF file for you if you would like. Have patience; I don't lurk around in here as frequently as I used to.

Hope this helps, and may our Lord & Savior bless & keep ye!

Uncle Jaque in Maine