This joyful Eastertide
away with sin and sorrow;
my Lord, the crucified
Has sprung to life this morrow;
Had Christ, who once was slain,
Ne'er burst his three-day prison,
Our faith had been in vain;
But now hath Christ arisen.

My flesh in hope shall rest,
And for a season slumber
Till trump from east to west
Shall wake the dead in number.
Had Christ, who once was slain,
Ne'er burst his three-day prison,
Our faith had been in vain;
But now hath Christ arisen.

Death's flood has lost its chill,
Since Jesus crossed the river,
Lover of souls, from ill,
My passing soul deliver.
Had Christ, who once was slain,
Ne'er burst his three-day prison,
Our faith had been in vain;
But now hath Christ arisen.
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Through the Red Sea brought at last,
Alleluia.
Egypt's chains behind we cast, Alleluia
Deep and wide flows the tide,
Sev'ring us from bondage past,
Alleluia.

Like the cloud, that overhead, Allleluia.
Through the billows Israel led, Alleluia
By his tomb, Christ makes room,
Soul restoring from the dead,
Alleluia

In that cloud and in that sea, Alleluia
buried and baptized were we, Alleluia
Earthly night, brought us light,
Shall be ours eternally,
Alleluia.

Then, deceitful world, adieu, Alleluia.
Egypt's land in distant view, Alleluia.
Christ our love, draws above,
Dead with him and ris’n anew,
Alleluia.