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Text:Christ Is Risen
Author:Thomas Andrew J. Beasley
Tune:[’Twas a dark and gloomy night]
Composer:Rufus Norton Grisham
Media:MIDI file

16014. Christ Is Risen

1 ’Twas a dark and gloomy night
When our Lord lay in the grave;
We had hoped that by His might
From our sins we would be saved.

Refrain:
He arose from the dead,
And He triumphed o’er the grave;
And He knows all our need,
He’s the mighty One to save.

2 His disciples, O how sad!
All their hopes were blighted now;
Their poor hearts were filled with dread,
None could tell just what to do. [Refrain]

3 Women came at break of day
To behold His lonely grave;
Angels said Be not afraid,
He is risen from the dead. [Refrain]

4 Let us tell it far and near,
This sweet story o’er and o’er;
Tell it out so all may hear,
That He lives for evermore. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: ’Twas a dark and gloomy night
Title: Christ Is Risen
Author: Thomas Andrew J. Beasley
Refrain First Line: He arose from the dead
Language: English
Source: Carol Crown by James D. Vaughan (Lawrenceburg, TN: James D. Vaughan, 1915)
Tune Information
Name: [’Twas a dark and gloomy night]
Composer: Rufus Norton Grisham
Key: A♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain



Media
Adobe Acrobat image: PDF
MIDI file: MIDI
Noteworthy Composer score: Noteworthy Composer Score

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