"God Loves Me Dearly"

"God Loves Me Dearly" was one of the hymns in the Christmas Eve service I attended, and I noticed a couple small features about it.

The hymn is sung to the tune "Gott ist die Liebe," and this title is taken from 1 John 4:8, 16:  "God is love."

The refrain is:

Therefore I'll say again:

God loves me dearly,

God loves me dearly,

Loves even me.

The recurring nature of the refrain relates to the "again" in the text.  Both involve repetition.