RitualSong (2nd ed.) ‎#601

601. Sing, My Tongue, the Song of Triumph

1 Sing, my tongue, the song of triumph,
Tell the story far and wide;
Tell of dread and final battle,
Sing of Savior crucified;
How upon the cross a victim
Vanquishing in death he died.

2 He endured the nails, the spitting,
Vinegar and spear and reed;
From that holy body broken
Blood and water forth proceed:
Earth and stars and sky and ocean
By that flood from stain are freed.

3 Faithful Cross, above all other,
One and only noble tree,
None in foliage, none in blossom,
None in fruit your peer may be;
Sweet the wood and sweet the iron
And your load, most sweet is he.

4 Bend your boughs, O Tree of glory!
All your rigid branches, bend!
For a while the ancient temper
That your birth bestowed, suspend;
And the King of earth and heaven
Gently on your bosom tend.

Text Information

• First Line: Sing, my tongue, the song of triumph
• Title: Sing, My Tongue, the Song of Triumph
• Latin Title: Pange, lingua, gloriosi lauream certaminis
• Author: Venantius Fortunatus, c.530-609
• Meter: 8 7 8 7 8 7
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2016
• Topic: Good Friday
• Source: Tr.: The Three Days, 1981

Tune Information

• Name: PICARDY
• Harmonizer: Richard Proulx, 1937-2010
• Meter: 8 7 8 7 8 7
• Key: d minor or modal
• Source: French Carol
• Copyright: Harm. © 1986, GIA Publications, Inc.