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     marker 99|  |  |  |  | Come, ye faithful, raise the strain
 of triumphant gladness;
 God hath brought forth Israel
 into joy from sadness;
 Loosed from Pharaoh’s bitter yoke
 Jacob’s sons and daughters,
 Led them with unmoistened foot
 through the Red Sea waters.
 
 
 
 All the winter of our sins,
 Long and dark, is flying
 From His light, to whom we give
 Laud and praise undying.
 Neither could the gates of death
 Nor the tomb's dark portal
 Nor the watchers nor the seal
 Hold Thee as a mortal.
 
 
 But today amidst Thine own
 Thou didst stand, bestowing
 That Thy peace which evermore
 Passeth human knowing.
 Come, ye faithful, raise the strain
 Of triumphant gladness;
 God hath brought His Israel
 Into joy from sadness.
 
 
 ’Tis the spring of souls today;
 Christ has burst His prison,
 And from three days’ sleep in death
 as a sun has risen;
 All the winter of our sins,
 long and dark, is flying
 From His light, to Whom we give
 laud and praise undying.
 
 
 Now the queen of seasons, bright
 with the day of splendour,
 With the royal feast of feasts,
 comes its joy to render;
 Comes to glad Jerusalem,
 who with true affection
 Welcomes in unwearied strains
 Jesus’ resurrection.
 
 
 Neither might the gates of death,
 nor the tomb’s dark portal,
 Nor the watchers, nor the seal
 hold Thee as a mortal;
 But today amidst the twelve
 Thou didst stand, bestowing
 That Thy peace which evermore
 passeth human knowing.
 
 
 “Alleluia!” now we cry
 to our King immortal,
 Who, triumphant, burst the bars
 of the tomb’s dark portal;
 “Alleluia!” with the Son,
 God the Father praising,
 “Alleluia!” yet again
 to the Spirit raising.
 
 
 ---Alternative verses---
 
 
 Come, ye faithful, raise the strain
 of triumphant gladness;
 God hath brought His people now
 into joy from sadness;
 ‘Tis the spring of souls to-day;
 Christ hath burst His prison,
 And from three days’ sleep in death
 As a sun hath risen.
 
 
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LYRICS
 
      
        | Meter: | 7  6  7  6   D 
 |  | Writer(s): |  |  | Trans/Adapted: |  |  | Dates: | 750,1853 
 |  | Bible Refs: | Mt 12:40; 
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LIST OF LYRIC SOURCES
  
   
         | Hymn/Song Book | Year | Song # |  |  | 1977 | # 278 |  |  | 1962 | # 155 |  |  | 1956 | # 109 |  |  | 1960 | # 131 |  |  | 2000 | # 262 |  |  | 1920 | # 119 |  |  | 1998 | # 215 |  |  | 2000 | # 143 |  |  | 1996 | # 347 |  |  | 1904 | # 151 |  |  | 1983 | # 76 |  |  | 1950 | # 133 |  |  | 1922 | # 133 |  |  | 1983 | # 194 |  |  | 1988 | # 160 |  |  | 2000 | # 132 |  |  | 1996 | # 100 |  |  | 1925 | # 105 |  |  | 1990 | # 114 |  |  | 1925 | # 91 |  |  | 1931 | # 144 |  |  | 1908 | # 168 |  |  | 1938 | # 165 |  |  | 1906 | # 131 |  |  | 1971 | # 464 |  |  | 1916 | # 170 |  |  | 1940 | # 94 |  |  | 1982 | # 199 |  |  | 1986 | # 106 |  |  | 1961 | # 200 |  |  | 1989 | # 315 |  
	
MUSIC
 
    
        | Name: | AVE VIRGO VIRGINUM (GAUDEARMUS 
 |  | Meter: | 7  6  7  6   D Trochaic 
 |  | Writer(s): |  |  | Dates: | 1544,1584 
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LIST OF MUSIC SOURCES
  
   
        | Hymn/Song Book | Song # | Key |  |  | # 347 | No key |  |  | # 139 | No key |  |  | # 156 | No key |  |  | # 155 | G |  |  | # 194 | G |  |  | # 679 | G |  
ALTERNATIVE TUNES
  
   
        | Name | meter |  |  | 7  6  7  6   D |  |  | 7  6  7  6   D |  |  | 7  6  7  6   D |  |  | 7  6  7  6   D |  |  | 7  6  7  6   D |  |  | 7  6  7  6   D |  |  | 7  6  7  6   D |  |  | 7  6  7  6   D |  |  | 7  6  7  6   D |  |  | 7  6  7  6   D |  |  | 8  6  8  6   D (D.C.M.) |  |  | 7  6  7  6   D |  |  | 7  6  7  6 |  
 
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