135. Welcome, Happy Morning

1 "Welcome, happy morning!"
Age to age shall say;
"Hell today is vanquished,
Heav'n is won today!"
Christ, once dead, is living,
God forevermore!
Him, their true creator,
All his works adore.

Refrain:
"Welcome, happy morning!"
Age to age shall say,
"Hell today is vanquished,
Heav'n is won today!"

2 Maker and Redeemer,
Life and health of all,
God from heav'n beholding
Human nature's fall,
You, the true and only
Son of God above,
Died as mortal man to
Save us by your love. [Refrain]

3 Source of all things living,
You came down to die,
Plumbed the depths of hell to
Raise us up on high.
Come then, true and faithful;
Come, fulfill your word;
This is your third morning:
Rise, O buried Lord! [Refrain]

4 Free the souls long prisoned,
Bound with Satan's chain;
All that once had fallen
Raise to life again;
Show your face in brightness,
Shine in ev'ry land
As in Eden's garden
When the world began. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: "Welcome, happy morning!"
Title: Welcome, Happy Morning
Translator: John Ellerton, 1826-93 (adapt.)
Author: Venantius Honorius Fortunatus, 530-609
Refrain First Line: Welcome, happy morning!
Meter: 65 65 D and refrain
Language: English
Publication Date: 1982
Topic: Easter; Processions
Tune Information
Name: PRINCE RUPERT
Adapter: Gustav Holst, 1874-1934
Arranger: Gustav Holst, 1874-1934
Meter: 65 65 D and refrain
Key: B♭ Major
Source: Old English march
Copyright: From "Songs of Praise" by permission of Oxford University Press.



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