Come, O come, our voices raise (Anonymous)
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- (Posted 2022-07-25) CPDL #70132:
- Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2022-07-25). Score information: A4, 1 page, 37 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: The hymn in the version published in The Hymnal 1982, melody with words underlaid.
- (Posted 2022-07-25) CPDL #70131:
- Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2022-07-25). Score information: A4, 1 page, 108 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: The hymn in the version published in The Hymnal 1982, melody with words.
General Information
Title: Come, O come, our voices raise
Composer: Anonymous
Tune: Sonne der Gerechtigkeit
Lyricist: George Wither
Number of voices: 1v Voicing: Unison
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 77. 77
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1566
Description: Melody from Bohemian Brethren, Kirchengesang
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Original text and translations
English text
Come, O come, our voices raise,
sounding God Almighty’s praise;
hither bring in one consent
heart, and voice, and instrument.
Alleluia!
Sound the trumpet, touch the lute,
let no tongue nor string be mute,
nor a voiceless creature found,
that hath neither note nor sound.
Alleluia!
Come ye all before his face,
in this chorus take your place;
and amid the mortal throng,
be you masters of the song.
Alleluia!
Let, in praise of God, the sound
run a never-ending round,
that our songs of praise may be
everlasting, as is he.
Alleluia!
So this huge wide orb we see
shall one choir, one temple be;
where in such a praiseful tone
we will sing what he hath done.
Alleluia!
Thus our song shall overclimb
all the bounds of space and time;
come, then, come, our voices raise,
sounding God Almighty’s praise.
Alleluia!