This joyful Eastertide (Anonymous)

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CPDL #15458:   NoteWorthy Composer

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.

• CPDL #581:

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.

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Title: This joyful Eastertide
Composer: Anonymous
Lyricist: George R. Wood­ward^{create 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.

External websites:

• Cyber Hymnal entry for this tune

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 ...