Text: | "Christ the Lord Is Risen Today'' |
Author: | Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 |
Tune: | LLANFAIR |
Composer: | Robert Williams |
Harmonizer: | David Evans |
1 "Christ the Lord is risen today," Alleluia!
Sons of men and angels say; Alleluia!
Raise your joys and triumphs high; Alleluia!
Sing, ye heavens, and earth, reply, Alleluia!
2 Vain the stone, the watch, the seal; Alleluia!
Christ has burst the gates of hell; Alleluia!
Death in vain forbids him rise; Alleluia!
Christ has opened Paradise. Alleluia!
3 Lives again our glorious King; Alleluia!
Where, O death, is now your sting? Alleluia!
Once he died, our souls to save; Alleluia!
Where's your victory, O grave? Alleluia!
4 Soar we now where Christ has led, Alleluia!
Following our exalted Head; Alleluia!
Made like him, like him we rise; Alleluia!
Ours the cross, the grave, the skies. Alleluia!
5 Hail, the Lord of earth and heaven! Alleluia!
Praise to thee by both be given; Alleluia!
You we greet triumphant now; Alleluia!
Hail, the resurrection Thou! Alleluia!
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | "Christ the Lord is risen today" |
Title: | "Christ the Lord Is Risen Today'' |
Author: | Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 (1739, alt. 1760, 1972) |
Meter: | 7.7.7.7. with Alleluias |
Publication Date: | 1972 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Christian Year: Easter Day |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | LLANFAIR |
Composer: | Robert Williams (1817) |
Harmonizer: | David Evans (1927) |
Meter: | 7.7.7.7. with Alleluias |
Key: | F Major |
Copyright: | Music from The Church Hymnary, Revised Edition; used by permission of Oxford University Press. |
Notes: | Alternative Tune: EASTER HYMN |