O sons and daughters, let us sing!

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1.
O sons and daughters, let us sing!
The King of heaven, the glorious King,
over death today rose triumphing.  
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

2.
That Sunday morn, at break of day,
the faithful women went their way
to seek the tomb where Jesus lay.  
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

3.
An angel clad in white they see,
who sat and spake unto the three,
"Your Lord doth go to Galilee."
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

4.
How blessed are they who have not seen,
and yet whose faith hath constant been,
for they eternal life shall win.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

5.
On this most holy day of days,
to God your hearts and voices raise
in laud, and jubilee, and praise.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

Words:  Jean Tisserand, O Filii et Filiae, 1518-1536;
                tr. John M. Neale, Medieval Hymns and Sequences, 1851;
                                    Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1861
   Tune:  Melchoir Vulpius, Ein schön geistlich Gesangbuch, 1609

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