Zieh' mich zu Dir

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Herr, arm und elend steh' ich hier

Translator: S. Bonnieda; Author: Martha Walker Cook
Tune: [Lord, weak and impotent I stand]
Published in 2 hymnals

Translator: S. Bonnieda

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Author: Martha Walker Cook

Martha Elizabeth Duncan Walker Cook USA 1806-1874. Born in Northumberland County, PA. She married Lt. William Cook She contributed to, and for a time, was editor of the “Continental Monthly”. She translated “The life of Chopin”, by Franz Liszt, from the French in 1863. She also translated “Undivine comedy” by Zygmund Krasinski in 1875. She died in Hoboken, NJ. Dianne Shapiro from Who was who in American history, arts and letters (Chicago: Marquis' Who's Who, 1975) Go to person page >

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First Line:	Herr, arm und elend steh' ich hier
Title:	Zieh' mich zu Dir
English Title:	Lord, weak and impotent I stand
Translator:	S. Bonnieda
Author:	Martha Walker Cook
Language:	German
Refrain First Line:	Zieh' mich nah' zu dir
Copyright:	Public Domain