259. This joyful Eastertide

1 This joyful Eastertide,
away with sin and sadness!
My love, the crucified,
has sprung to life in gladness.

Refrain:
Had Christ, that once was slain,
ne'er burst his three-day prison,
our faith had been in vain,
but now has Christ arisen,
arisen, arisen, arisen.

2 My body, too, at last
shall rest within God's keeping:
until, with trumpet blast,
the dead shall wake from sleeping: [Refrain]

3 Death's flood hath lost its chill,
since Jesus crossed the river,
and love shall reach me still,
and shall my soul deliver. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: This joyful Eastertide
Title: This joyful Eastertide
Author: George Ratcliffe Woodward, 1849-1934 (alt.)
Refrain First Line: Had Christ, that once was slain
Meter: 6 7 6 7 with refrain
Language: English
Publication Date: 1997
Scripture: ; ; ;
Topic: Church Year: Easter; Hope
Copyright: © A. R. Mowbray and Col, Ltd. (an impritn of Cassell plc), from the Crowley Carol Book
Notes: Now Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: VREUCHTEN
Composer: Charles Wood, 1866-1926
Meter: 6 7 6 7 with refrain
Key: F Major or modal
Source: J. Oudaen's David's Pslamen 1685
Copyright: Public Domain



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