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We Will Be Merry

We will be merry, far and wide

Tune: [Wir wollen alle fröhlich sein]
Published in 3 hymnals

Representative Text

We will be merry far and wide,
In this most holy Easter-tide;
Sing alleluia to the Lord.

Refrain:
Alleluia, alleluia,
Alleluia,alleluia,
Song alleluia to our Lord.

Source: Children's Hymnal #183

Text Information

First Line: We will be merry, far and wide
Title: We Will Be Merry
German Title: Wir wollen alle fröhlich sein
Source: Fourteenth or Fifteenth Century German
Language: English
Copyright: Words from "Hymns for Primary Worship" Copyright 1946 by The Westminster Press

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Page Scan

Carols Old and Carols New #316

Text

Children's Hymnal #183

Sing for Joy #38

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