Scripture Verse

The Lord is risen. Luke 24:34

Introduction

Words: Anon­ymous, 12th Cen­tury. Trans­lat­ed to Eng­lish by George R. Wood­ward, Songs of Sy­on (Lon­don: Schott, 1904–10), num­ber 92, alt.

Music: Christ ist er­stand­en 12th Cen­tu­ry me­lo­dy, har­mo­nized chief­ly by George Wood­ward, last four al­le­lui­as by Lu­cas Osi­an­der, 1597 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Wood­ward (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Christ the Lord hath ris­en
From His three day pri­son:
Now we sing all mer­ri­ly,
Jesus will our sol­ace be.

Refrain

Alleluya, al­le­lu­ya,
Alleluya, al­le­lu­ya,
Alleluya, al­le­lu­ya,
Alleluya, al­le­lu­ya.

Christ to knap asun­der
Chains that kept us un­der
Satan’s yoke, was slain of yore:
Now He lives to die no more.

Refrain

Christ our vic­tor-gi­ant,
Quells the foe de­fi­ant:
Let the ran­somed peo­ple sing
Glory to the Eas­ter King.

Refrain