On East­er day the Sav­ior rose,
Sing aloud ye child­ren all.
Everywhere the li­ly grows,
And bells to wor­ship call.

Refrain

Happy, ho­ly East­er Day,
Christ is ris’n, the an­gels say,
Blessings with us alway,
O hap­py East­er Day!

[repeat verse, start­ing at se­cond word]

The lit­tle flow­ers all around
Lift their ti­ny heads again;
Snows are melt­ed from the ground,
And life decks hill and plain.

Refrain

The birds their grate­ful songs em­ploy,
Him they praise, both great and small;
Every bird and flow­er and leaf—
He giv­eth life to all.

Refrain