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Text: | Hosanna, Loud Hosanna |
Author: | Jennette Threlfall |
Tune: | ELLACOMBE |
Media: | Audio recording |
1 Hosanna, loud hosanna,
the little children sang;
through pillared court and temple
the joyful anthem rang.
To Jesus, who had blessed them,
close folded to his breast,
the children sang their praises,
the simplest and the best.
2 From Olivet they followed
'mid an exultant crowd,
the victor palm branch waving,
and chanting clear and loud;
the Lord of earth and heaven
rode on in lowly state,
nor scorned that little children
should on his bidding wait.
3 “Hosanna in the highest!”
That ancient song we sing,
for Christ is our Redeemer;
the Lord of heaven, our King.
O may we ever praise him
with heart and life and voice,
and in his blissful presence
eternally rejoice.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Hosanna, loud hosanna |
Title: | Hosanna, Loud Hosanna |
Author: | Jennette Threlfall (1873, alt.) |
Meter: | 7.6.7.6.D |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2013 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; ; ; ; ; |
Topic: | Children; Christian Year: Palm Sunday; Christian Year: Maundy Thursday(2 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ELLACOMBE |
Meter: | 7.6.7.6.D |
Key: | B♭ Major |
Source: | Gesangbuch der Herzogl. Wirtembergischen Katholischen Hofkapelle, 1784; alt. |
The opening two stanzas narrate the first Palm Sunday in the past tense, but the third stanza shifts to the present tense to emphasize what current singers do and believe. The repeated elements in this anonymous German tune suggest the repetitive patterns in a crowd’s chant.
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Audio recording: | Audio (MP3) |