Text: | All creatures of our God and King |
Author: | Francis of Assisi, 1182-1226 |
Translator: | William H. Draper, 1855-1933 |
Tune: | LASST UNS ERFREUEN |
Adapter: | Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 |
1 All creatures of our God and King,
lift up your voices, let us sing:
Alleluia, alleluia!
Bright burning sun with golden beams,
pale silver moon that gently gleams,
Refrain:
O praise him, O praise him,
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
2 Great rushing winds and breezes soft,
you clouds that ride the heavens aloft,
O praise him, Alleluia!
Fair rising morn, with praise rejoice,
stars nightly shining, find a voice: [Refrain]
3 Swift flowing water, pure and clear,
make music for your Lord to hear,
Alleluia, alleluia!
Fire, so intense and fiercely bright,
you give to us both warmth and light, [Refrain]
4 Dear mother earth, you day by day
unfold your blessings on our way,
O praise him, Alleluia!
All flowers and fruits that in you grow,
let them his glory also show: [Refrain]
5 All you with mercy in your heart,
forgiving others, take your part,
O sing now: Alleluia!
All you that pain and sorrow bear,
praise God, and cast on him your care: [Refrain]
6 And even you, most gentle death,
waiting to hush our final breath,
O praise him, Alleluia!
You lead back home the child of God,
for Christ our Lord that way has trod: [Refrain]
7 Let all things their creator bless,
and worship him in humbleness,
O praise him, Alleluia!
Praise God the Father, praise the Son,
and praise the Spirit, Three in One: [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | All creatures of our God and King |
Author: | Francis of Assisi, 1182-1226 |
Translator: | William H. Draper, 1855-1933 (alt.) |
Refrain First Line: | O praise him, O praise him |
Meter: | 88. 44. 88 with Refrain |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1985 |
Topic: | Praise to God |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | LASST UNS ERFREUEN |
Adapter: | Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 |
Meter: | 88. 44. 88 with Refrain |
Key: | D Major |
Copyright: | By permission of Oxford University Press. |
Notes: | Now Public Domain in US |