Meter: 8.7. 8.7. 8.7. 8.7.7.
Source: Johann Walter, Geystliche gesangk Buchleyn, Wittenberg, 1524
Proper Text: Christ Our Lord to the Jordan Came (Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam)
Associated Texts:
This tune originally appeared in Johann Walter’s Geystliche gesangk Buchleyn, Wittenberg, 1524, where it was joined to the text May God Bestow on Us His Grace (Es wollt uns Gott genädig sein). Beginning in 1543, however, it was joined to Luther’s Catechism hymn on Holy Baptism, Christ Our Lord to the Jordan Came (Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam), with which it has been most closely associated ever since.