501. Be Joyful, Mary

1 Be joyful, Mary, heav'nly Queen,
Be joyful, Mary!/Gaude, Maria!
Your grief is changed to joy serene, Alleluia!
Rejoice, rejoice, O Mary!/Laetare, O Maria!

2 The Son you bore by heaven's grace,
Be joyful, Mary!/Gaude, Maria!
Did by his death our guilt erase, Alleluia!
Rejoice, rejoice, O Mary!/Laetare, O Maria!

3 The Lord has risen from the dead,
Be joyful, Mary!/Gaude, Maria!
He rose in glory as he said, Alleluia!
Rejoice, rejoice, O Mary!/Laetare, O Maria!

4 Now pray to God, O Virgin fair,
Be joyful, Mary!/Gaude, Maria!
That he our souls to heaven bear, Alleluia!
Rejoice, rejoice, O Mary!/Laetare, O Maria!

Text Information
First Line: Be joyful, Mary, heav'nly Queen
Title: Be Joyful, Mary
Latin Title: Regina Caeli, jubila
Meter: 8 5 8 4 7
Language: English
Publication Date: 2011
Topic: Easter
Source: Latin, 17th C.; Tr. anon in Psallite, 1901
Tune Information
Name: REGINA CAELI
Meter: 8 5 8 4 7
Key: F Major
Source: Leisentritt's Gesangbuch, 1584, alt.



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