58. Alleluia, song of sweetness

1 Alleluia, song of sweetness,
Voice of joy that cannot die;
Alleluia is the anthem
Ever dear to choirs on high;
In the house of God abiding
Thus they sing eternally.

2 Alleluia, thou resoundest,
True Jerusalem and free;
Alleluia, joyful mother,
All thy children sing with thee;
But by Babylon's sad waters
Mourning exiles now are we. Amen.

3 Alleluia cannot always
Be our song while here below;
Alleluia our transgressions
Make us for a while forego;
For the solemn time is coming
When our tears for sin must flow.

4 Therefore in our hymns we pray thee
Grant us, blessèd Trinity,
At the last to keep thine Easter
In our home beyond the sky,
There to thee forever singing
Alleluia joyfully.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Alleluia, song of sweetness
Translator: John Mason Neale, 1818 - 66
Language: English
Publication Date: 1958
Topic: The Church Year: Septuagesima to Lent
Source: Medieval Latin Hymn
Notes: This hymn may also be sung to REGENT SQUARE (No. 31).
Tune Information
Name: TANTUM ERGO (DULCE CARMEN)
Meter: 8 7, 8 7, 8 7.
Key: G Major
Source: Essay on The Church Plain Chant, 1782



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