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[[File:Give Me Jesus music and lyrics which were published in the Evangelical Harp in 1845.png|thumb|"Give Me Jesus" as published in the ''Evangelical Harp'' in 1845]]
'''Give Me Jesus''' (also known as '''Take the World, But Give Me Jesus''') is a traditional Christian American [[Spirituals|spiritual]] song with the earliest versions published in the United States by at least 1845<ref>Jacob Knapp, ''The Evangelical Harp: A New Collection of Hymns and Tunes Designed for Revivals of Religion, and For Family and Social Worship'' (Utica, NY: 1845), p. 152</ref> and popularized by the mid-nineteenth century through various [[camp meetings]] and [[hymnal]]s.<ref>Rev. D.H. Mansfield, The American Vocalist: A Selectin of Tunes, Anthems, Sentences, and Hymns, (Boston, 1849) p. 345</ref><ref>''Revival Hymns: Designed for Protracted, Camp, Prayer, and Social Meetings'' (Methodist Protestant Reading Rooms: 1852) p. 91</ref> Notable songwriters such as [[Fanny Crosby]]<ref>https://ift.tt/3j0HZ2E> published versions of the song in the nineteenth century, and musicians such as [[Vince Gill]]<ref>https://ift.tt/3tjzHb4> and [[Fernando Ortega]] have covered and interpreted the song in the twenty-first century.
==References==
[[Category:Gospel songs]]
[[Category:American Christian hymns]]
[[Category:Public domain music]]
'''Give Me Jesus''' (also known as '''Take the World, But Give Me Jesus''') is a traditional Christian American [[Spirituals|spiritual]] song with the earliest versions published in the United States by at least 1845<ref>Jacob Knapp, ''The Evangelical Harp: A New Collection of Hymns and Tunes Designed for Revivals of Religion, and For Family and Social Worship'' (Utica, NY: 1845), p. 152</ref> and popularized by the mid-nineteenth century through various [[camp meetings]] and [[hymnal]]s.<ref>Rev. D.H. Mansfield, The American Vocalist: A Selectin of Tunes, Anthems, Sentences, and Hymns, (Boston, 1849) p. 345</ref><ref>''Revival Hymns: Designed for Protracted, Camp, Prayer, and Social Meetings'' (Methodist Protestant Reading Rooms: 1852) p. 91</ref> Notable songwriters such as [[Fanny Crosby]]<ref>https://ift.tt/3j0HZ2E> published versions of the song in the nineteenth century, and musicians such as [[Vince Gill]]<ref>https://ift.tt/3tjzHb4> and [[Fernando Ortega]] have covered and interpreted the song in the twenty-first century.
==References==
[[Category:Gospel songs]]
[[Category:American Christian hymns]]
[[Category:Public domain music]]
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