Text: | Alleluia, Song of Gladness |
Translator: | John Mason Neale, 1818-1866 |
Tune: | PRAISE, MY SOUL |
Composer: | John Goss, 1800-1880 |
Media: | Audio recording |
1 Alleluia, song of gladness,
voice of joy that cannot die;
alleluia is the anthem
ever dear by choirs on high;
in the house of God abiding
thus they sing eternally.
2 Alleluia you are sounding,
true Jerusalem and free;
alleluia, joyful mother,
bring us to your jubilee;
here by Babylon's sad waters
mourning exiles still are we.
3 Alleluia cannot always
be our song while here below;
alleluia our transgressions
make us for a while forgo;
for the solemn time is coming
when our tears for sin shall flow.
4 in our hymns we pray with longing:
Grant us, blessed Trinity,
at the last to keep glad Easter
with the faithful saints on high;
there to you forever singing
alleluia joyfully.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Alleluia, song of gladness |
Title: | Alleluia, Song of Gladness |
Translator: | John Mason Neale, 1818-1866 (alt.) |
Meter: | 8 7 8 7 8 7 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2006 |
Topic: | Time After Epiphany; Epiphany, Time After Epiphany; Temptation |
Source: | Latin Hymn, 11th Cent. |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | PRAISE, MY SOUL |
Composer: | John Goss, 1800-1880 |
Meter: | 8 7 8 7 8 7 |
Key: | D Major |