4.  HOSANNA IN THE HIGHEST

What are those soul reviving strains
Which echo thus from Salem's plains?
What anthems loud, and louder still
So sweetly sound from Zion's hill?

Chorus:
Hosanna in the highest, Hosanna in the highest,
Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord,
Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord,
Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna.

Lo! 'tis a youthful chorus sings,
Hosanna to the King of Kings;
Nor those alone their voice shall raise,
For we will join this song of praise.

- Glen Rock Carolers
One of the four original carols first sung in Glen Rock in 1848. Text in Josiah Pratt, Three Hundred and Fifty Portions of the Book of Psalms, Selected from Various Versions: with a Collection of Six Hundred Hymns, Adapted for Public Worship (London, 1829). Source of tune not known.
 
June 10, 2010
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