Text: | Alleluia, Song of Gladness |
Translator: | John M. Neale, 1818-1866 |
Tune: | DULCE CARMEN |
1 Alleluia, song of gladness, voice of joy that cannot die;
Alleluia is the anthem ever dear to choirs on high;
In the house of God abiding thus they sing eternally.
2 Alleluia, now resounding, true Jerusalem and free;
Alleluia, joyful mother, all your children sing with glee;
But by Babylon's sad waters mourning exiles now are we.
3 Alleluia we deserve not here to chant for evermore,
Alleluia our transgressions make us for a while give o'er;
For the holy time is coming bidding us our sins deplore.
4 Therefore in our hymns we now pray, grant us, blessed Trinity,
At the last to keep you, Easter, in our home beyond he sky;
There to you for ever singing Alleluia joyfully.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Alleluia, song of gladness |
Title: | Alleluia, Song of Gladness |
Latin Title: | Alleluia, dulce carmen |
Translator: | John M. Neale, 1818-1866 |
Meter: | 8 7 8 7 8 7 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1986 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; |
Topic: | Sunday Before Lent; Exile; Freedom(3 more...) |
Source: | Latin, 11th C. |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | DULCE CARMEN |
Meter: | 8 7 8 7 8 7 |
Key: | G Major |