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Text:Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates
Author:Georg Weissel, 1590-1635
Paraphraser:Catherine Winkworth, 1827-78
Tune:LOWER MARLWOOD
Composer:Basil Harwood, 1859-1949

12. Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates

1 Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates,
Alleluia!
Behold the King of glory waits;
Alleluia!
The King of kings is drawing near,
The Saviour of the world is here.
Alleluia!

2 O blest the land, the city blest,
Alleluia!
Where Christ the ruler is confessed.
Alleluia!
O happy hearts and happy homes
To whom this King in triumph comes.
Alleluia!

3 Redeemer, come! with us abide,
Alleluia!
My heart to the we open wide,
Alleluia!
Thy presence with us let us feel,
Thy grace and love in me reveal.
Alleluia!

Text Information
First Line: Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates
German Title: Macht hoch die Thür, das Thor macht weit
Author: Georg Weissel, 1590-1635
Paraphraser: Catherine Winkworth, 1827-78 (altered)
Meter: 8484 884
Language: English
Publication Date: 1973
Topic: Approach to God: The House of God
Tune Information
Name: LOWER MARLWOOD
Composer: Basil Harwood, 1859-1949
Meter: 8484 884
Key: D Major



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