The Riverside song book/Laus Deo
LAUS DEO!
John Greenleaf Whittier. Arr. from Jonathan Battishill.
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1. it is done! Clang of bells and roar of gun
2. Ring, O bells! Every stroke ex - ult - ing tells
3. It is done! In the circuit of the sun
4. Ring and swing, Bells of joy! On morn - ing's
Send the ti - dings up and down;
Of the buri - al hour of crime;
Shall the sound there - of go forth;
Send the song of praise a - broad!
How the belfries rock and reel!
Loud and long that all may hear,
It shall bid the sad re - joice,
With a sound of bro - ken chains
How the great guns, peal on peal. Fling the joy from town to town!
Ring for every listening ear of E - ter - ni - ty and Time!
It shall give the dumb a voice, It shall belt with joy the earth!
Tell the nations that He reigns. Who a - lone is Lord and God!