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Text:O Thou Joyful Day
Author:Johannes D. Falk
Translator:Beale M. Schmucker
Tune:SICILIAN MARINERS
Media:MIDI file

9431. O Thou Joyful Day

1 O thou joyful day, O thou blessèd day,
Holy, peaceful Christmastide!
O thou joyful day, O thou blessèd day,
Holy, peaceful Christmastide!
Earth’s hopes awaken, Christ life has taken,
Laud Him, O laud Him on every side!

2 O thou joyful day, O thou blessèd day,
Holy, peaceful Christmastide!
O thou joyful day, O thou blessèd day,
Holy, peaceful Christmastide!
Christ’s light is beaming, our souls redeeming,
Laud Him, O laud Him on every side!

3 O thou joyful day, O thou blessèd day,
Holy, peaceful Christmastide!
O thou joyful day, O thou blessèd day,
Holy, peaceful Christmastide!
King of all glory, We bow before Thee—
Laud Him, O laud Him on every side!

Text Information
First Line: O thou joyful day, O thou blessed day
Title: O Thou Joyful Day
Author: Johannes D. Falk
Translator: Beale M. Schmucker
Meter: 87.87.87
Language: English
Source: Auserlesene Werke (Leipzig, Germany: 1816); Translation: Wartburg Hymnal by O. Hardwig (Chicago: Wartburg Publishing House, 1918)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: SICILIAN MARINERS
Meter: 87.87.87
Key: E♭ Major
Source: The European Magazine and London Review, November 1792
Copyright: Public Domain



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