Note.—A lower setting of this tune will be found at Hymn 33.
THE WEEK BEFORE SEPTUAGESIMA
Before 11th cent. Tr. J. M. Neale.
Alleluya, dulce carmen.
ALLELUYA, song of sweetness,
Voice of joy, eternal lay;
Alleluya is the anthem
Of the choirs in heavenly day,
Which the Angels sing, abiding
In the house of God alway.
2 Alleluya, thou resoundest,
Salem, mother, ever blest;
Alleluyas without ending,
Fit yon place of gladsome rest;
Exiles we, by Babel’s waters,
Sit in bondage and distrest.
3 Alleluya we deserve not
Here to chant for evermore:
Alleluya our transgressions
Make us for awhile give o’er;
For the holy time is coming,
Bidding us our sins deplore.
4. Trinity of endless glory,
Hear thy people as they cry;
Grant us all to keep thy Easter
In our home beyond the sky;
There to thee our Alleluya
Singing everlastingly. Amen.
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