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Text: | Good Christian Friends, Rejoice |
Translator and Paraphraser: | John Mason Neale |
Tune: | IN DULCI JUBILO |
Harmonizer: | David Hugh Jones |
Media: | Audio recording |
1 Good Christian friends, rejoice
with heart and soul and voice;
give ye heed to what we say:
Jesus Christ is born today;
ox and ass before him bow,
and he is in the manger now.
Christ is born today!
Christ is born today!
2 Good Christian friends, rejoice
with heart and soul and voice;
now ye hear of endless bliss:
Jesus Christ was born for this!
He has opened heaven’s door,
and we are blest forevermore.
Christ was born for this!
Christ was born for this!
3 Good Christian friends, rejoice
with heart and soul and voice;
now ye need not fear the grave:
Jesus Christ was born to save!
Calls you one and calls you all
to gain the everlasting hall.
Christ was born to save!
Christ was born to save!
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Good Christian friends, rejoice |
Title: | Good Christian Friends, Rejoice |
Translator and Paraphraser: | John Mason Neale (1853, alt.) |
Meter: | 6.6.7.7.7.8.5.5 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2013 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; ; |
Topic: | Christian Year: Nativity/Christmas; Christian Year: Epiphany; Jesus Christ: Birth |
Source: | Medieval Latin |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | IN DULCI JUBILO |
Harmonizer: | David Hugh Jones (1953) |
Meter: | 6.6.7.7.7.8.5.5 |
Key: | F Major |
Source: | German folk melody, 14th cent. |
Copyright: | Harm. © 1955, ren. 1983 John Ribble (admin. Westminster John Knox Press) |
Carols using two languages, like this one dating from at least the 14th century, belong to a special group called “macaronic,” the original languages here being German and Latin. Though the present version is only in English, it is sung to the traditional German folk melody.
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Audio recording: | Audio (MP3) |