A New Hymnal for Colleges and Schools ‎#277

277. This joyful Eastertide

Text Information

• First Line: This joyful Eastertide, away with sin and sorrow!
• Title: This joyful Eastertide
• Author: George R. Woodward (1902)
• Refrain First Line: Had Christ, who once was slain
• Meter: 6767 with refrain
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1992
• Topic: Resurrection and Ascension
• Copyright: Reprinted by permission of Mowbray, a division of Cassell PLC

Tune Information

• Name: VRUECHTEN
• Harmonizer: Charles Wood (1902)
• Meter: 6767 with refrain
• Key: E♭ Major
• Source: melody in J. Oudaen's David's Psalmen, Amsterdam, 1685; based on the song "De Liefde Voorgebracht"