New English Praise ‎#605

605. Alleluya, song of sweetness

1 Alleluya, song of sweetness,
Voice of joy that cannot die;
Alleluya is the anthem
Ever dear to choirs on high:
In the house of God abiding
Thus they sing eternally.

2 Alleluya thou resoundest,
True Jerusalem and free;
Alleluya, joyful mother,
All thy children sing with thee;
But by Babylon's sad waters
Mourning exiles now are we.

3 Alleluya cannot always
Be our song while here below;
Alleluya our transgressions
Make us for awhile forgo;
For the solemn time is coming
When our tears for sin must flow.

4 Therefore in our hymns we pray thee,
Grant us, blessèd Trinity,
At the last to keep thine Easter
In our home beyond the sky,
There to thee for ever singing
Alleluya joyfully.

Text Information

• First Line: Alleluya, song of sweetness
• Latin Title: Alleluia, dulce carmen
• Translator: John Mason Neale, 1818-66
• Meter: 87 87 87
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2006
• Topic: The Christian Year: Epiphany to Lent; Sunday Before Lent
• Notes: Compilers of "Hymns Ancient & Modern," 1861 also translated; Alternative tune: TANTUM ERGO, 195 (The New English Hymnal)

Tune Information

• Name: COLLAUDEMUS
• Meter: 87 87 87
• Key: F Major
• Source: Traditional French Carol