Palm Sunday
Hosanna, Loud Hosanna
- Words:
- Jeanette Threlfall, 1873, alt.
- Music:
- 'Ellacombe' from Gesangbuch der Herzogl. Hofkapelle, Wurttemberg, 1784.
- Setting:
- Presbyterian Hymnal, 1911.
- Metre:
- 7 6 7 6 7 6 7 6
- 1Hosanna, loud hosanna,the little children sang;Through pillared court and templethe lovely anthem rang.To Jesus, Who had blessed themclose folded to His breast,The children sang their praises,the simplest and the best.
- 2From Olivet they followedmid an exultant crowd,The victor palm branch waving,and chanting clear and loud.The Lord of men and angelsrode on in lowly state,Nor scorned that little childrenshould on His bidding wait.
- 3"Hosanna in the highest!"that ancient song we sing,For Christ is our Redeemer,the Lord of heav'n our King.O may we ever praise Himwith heart and life and voice,And in His blissful presenceeternally rejoice!
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In the hymnals
- Written in 1873, the words are in 183 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
- The tune, Ellacombe, is in 751 hymnals. The tune →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project (Brian J. Dumont), which places its own work in the public domain. Further sheet music is from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.