Text: | All Creatures of Our God and King |
Author: | Francis of Assisi |
Translator: | William H. Draper |
Tune: | LASST UNS ERFREUEN |
Adapter: | Ralph Vaughan Williams |
Harmonizer: | Ralph Vaughan Williams |
1 All creatures of our God and King,
lift up your voice with us and sing:
alleluia, alleluia!
O burning sun with golden beam,
and shining moon with silver gleam,
O praise him, O praise him,
alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
2 O rushing wind so wild and strong,
white clouds that sail in heaven along,
alleluia, alleluia!
New rising dawn, in praise rejoice,
you lights of evening, find a voice:
O praise him, O praise him,
alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
3 Cool flowing water, pure and clear,
make music for your Lord to hear,
alleluia, alleluia!
Fierce fire, so masterful and bright
providing us with warmth and light,
O praise him, O praise him,
alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
4 Earth ever fertile, day by day
bring forth your blessings on our way;
alleluia, alleluia!
All flowers and fruits that in you grow,
let them his glory also show:
O praise him, O praise him,
alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
5 People and nations, take your part;
sing praise to God with all your heart:
alleluia, alleluia!
Let all things their Creator bless
and worship him in lowliness:
O praise him, O praise him,
alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
Text Information | |
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First Line: | All creatures of our God and King |
Title: | All Creatures of Our God and King |
Author: | Francis of Assisi (1225) |
Translator: | William H. Draper (c. 1910, alt.) |
Meter: | LM with alleluias |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1989 |
Topic: | The Church in the World |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | LASST UNS ERFREUEN |
Adapter: | Ralph Vaughan Williams (1906) |
Harmonizer: | Ralph Vaughan Williams (1906) |
Meter: | LM with alleluias |
Key: | E♭ Major |
Source: | Auserlesen Catholische Geistliche Kirchengesänge, Cologne, 1623 |
Copyright: | By permission of Oxford University Press |
Notes: | Now Public Domain |