Christ the Lord is Risen Today

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Christ the Lord is risen today, Al - le-lu-ia! 
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Sons of men and angels say: Al - le-lu-ia! 
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Raise your joys and triumphs high, Al - le-lu-ia! 
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Sing, ye heavens and earth reply: Al - le-lu-ia! 
 
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Lives again our glorious King, Al - le-lu-ia! 
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Where, O death, is now thy sting? Al - le-lu-ia! 
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Dying once He all doth save, Al - le-lu-ia! 
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Where thy victory, O grave? Al - le-lu-ia! 
 
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Love's redeeming work is done, Al - le-lu-ia! 
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Fought the fight, the battle won, Al - le-lu-ia! 
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Death in vain forbids Him rise, Al - le-lu-ia! 
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Christ has opened Paradise, Al - le-lu-ia! 
 
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Soar we now where Christ has led, Al - le-lu-ia! 
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Foll'wing our exalted Head, Al - le-lu-ia! 
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Made like Him, like Him we rise, Al - le-lu-ia! 
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Ours the cross, the grave, the skies, Al -le-lu-ia! 
 
 
Words by Charles Wesley, 1739. 
Music from the "Lyra Davidica." 
Public Domain. 
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David Campbell 
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