Voices Together ‎#352

352. This Joyful Eastertide

1 This joyful Eastertide away with sin and sorrow!
My love, the crucified, hath sprung to life this morrow.

Refrain:
Had Christ, who once was slain,
ne’er burst his three-day prison,
our faith had been in vain.
But now hath Christ arisen,
arisen, arisen, arisen.

2 My flesh in hope shall rest and for a season slumber
till trumpets east to west shall wake the dead in number. [Refrain]

3 Death’s flood hath lost its chill since Jesus crossed the river.
Lover of souls, from ill my passing soul deliver. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: This joyful Eastertide
• Title: This Joyful Eastertide
• Author: George R. Woodward
• Refrain First Line: Had Christ, who once was slain
• Meter: 6.7.6.7 with refrain
• Publication Date: 2020
• Scripture:
  1 Corinthians 15
  ;
  1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
• Topic: Death and Eternal Life; Jesus Christ: Second Coming of; Reign of Christ; Salvation
• Source: Carols for Easter and Ascension, 1894

Tune Information

• Name: VRUECHTEN
• Harmonizer: Alice Parker
• Meter: 6.7.6.7 with refrain
• Key: F Major
• Source: Dutch traditional, David’s Psalmen (present-day Netherlands), 1685
• Copyright: harm. © 1966 Alice Parker