Catholic Activity: Easter Hymn

Text and melody, Hymn Book, Cologne, 1623. (ALLEGRO)

DIRECTIONS

1. Christ is arisen glorious, God is again victorious. Let all be joyful singing, With alleluia ringing, In cymbalis, in cymbalis benesonantibus, In cymbalis benesonantibus.

2. Hell has itself confounded, Satan is fast impounded. Let all be joyful singing, With alleluia ringing, In cymbalis, in cymbalis benesonantibus, In cymbalis benesonantibus.

3. Death cannot sting nor scar us, Sin shall no longer mar us. Let all be joyful singing, With alleluia ringing, Alleluia, alleluia, alle-alleluia, Alleluia, alle-alleluia.

4. God will to peace restore us, Shed Grace and Glory o'er us. Let all be joyful singing, With alleluia ringing, Alleluia, alleluia, alle-alleluia, Alleluia, alle-alleluia.

Activity Source: Around the Year with the Trapp Family by Maria Augusta Trapp, Pantheon Books Inc., New York, New York, 1955