This joyful Eastertide (Anonymous)
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- Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2007-11-18). Score information: A4, 1 page, 38 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Edition based on CyberHymnal. Does not contain any text.
- Editor: Christopher Braginetz (submitted 1999-12-01). Score information: 120 Copyright: CPDLThis template name is reserved for future development (something in line with what was originally proposed by Pml).
arr. Charles Wood.
General Information
Title: This joyful Eastertide
Composer: Anonymous
Lyricist: George R. Woodwardcreate page, in Carols for Easter and Ascensiontide, 1894
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Anthem
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published:
Description: Tune: Easter-Tide, from David’s Psalmen, Amsterdam, Holland: 1685.
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Original text and translations
English text
This joyful Eastertide,
Away with sin and sorrow!
My Love, the Crucified,
Hath sprung to life this morrow.
Had Christ, that once was slain,
Ne'er burst his three-day prison,
Our faith had been in vain:
But now hath Christ arisen,
arisen, arisen, arisen.
My flesh in hope shall rest,
And for a season slumber:
Till trump from east to west
Shall wake the dead in number.
Had Christ, that once...
Death's flood hath lost his chill,
Since Jesus cross'd the river
Lover of souls, from ill
My passing soul deliver.
Had Christ, that once ...