Geh unter der Gnade explained

"German: Geh unter der Gnade|italic=no"
Type:Christian hymn
Text:by Manfred Siebald
Language:German
Translation:Go under the mercy
Melody:by Siebald

"German: Geh unter der Gnade|italic=no" (Go under the mercy) is a Christian hymn in German with text and music by Manfred Siebald, written in 1987. It is a hymn of the genre Neues Geistliches Lied (NGL), appearing in the Protestant Evangelisches Gesangbuch, and in many songbooks. The first verse begins "Alte Stunden, alte Tage" (Old hours, old days).

History

Manfred Siebald wrote the German text and the music of "German: Geh unter der Gnade|italic=no" in 1987, first as a birthday greeting for the 60th birthday of the publisher, trying to translate the greeting "Go under the mercy" into German. It is a hymn of the genre Neues Geistliches Lied (NGL), that appeared in the Protestant hymnal Evangelisches Gesangbuch, as EG 543, and in many songbooks.