Be Ye Joyful, Earth and Sky

Words: Narodil se Kristus Pan, Anonymous Bohemian Carol, 15th Century,
Translation by H. Brueckner
Other Translations: Christ The Lord To Us Is Born
Let Our Gladness Have No End

Music: Freu Dick, Erd’ Und Sternenzelt, Morovian Melody
Meter: 7 6 7 4 6 6 6

Source: O. Hardwig, ed., Wartburg Hymnal (Chicago: Wartburg Publishing House, 1918), #136

Other: Narodil se Kristus Pan (Alternate Title: Salvator Natus)
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1. Be ye joyful, earth and sky,
Hallelujah!
Unto us God’s Son came nigh,
Hallelujah!
He for our salvation
Left God’s habitation,
Yes, He left God’s habitation.

2. Here the fairest Rose we see,
Hallelujah!
Blooming forth from Jesse's tree,
Hallelujah!
He for our salvation
Left God's habitation,
Yes, He left God's habitation.

3. He, the great incarnate Word,
Hallelujah!
Jesus Christ doth help afford,
Hallelujah!
He for our salvation
Left God's habitation,
Yes, He left God's habitation.

Sheet Music from O. Hardwig, ed., The Wartburg Hymnal (Chicago: Wartburg Publishing House, 1918), #136

Sheet Music "Be Ye Joyful," a Bohemian Folk Tune, Sheet Music from Andreas Bersagel, et al, eds., The Concordia Hymnal (Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, 1932), #129.

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