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Hymnal Number
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Keys included:
Bb
About this Hymn
In this Palm Sunday hymn the melody sounds really ceremonial and is fun and easy to sing, but the lyrics are what are really challenging. Setting up confident, strident phrases against the reality of what Christ was about to suffer, it uses lines and drama in a way that is both uncomfortable and powerful.
Lyrics
Verse 1
Ride on! ride on in majesty! Hark! all the tribes hosanna cry; thy humble beast pursues his road with palms and scattered garments strowed.
Verse 2
Ride on! ride on in majesty! In lowly pomp ride on to die; O Christ, thy triumphs now begin o'er captive death and conquered sin.
Verse 3
Ride on! ride on in majesty! The angel armies of the sky look down with sad and wond'ring eyes to see th' approaching sacrifice.
Verse 4
Ride on! ride on in majesty! Thy last and fiercest strife is nigh; the Father on his sapphire throne expects his own anointed Son.
Verse 5
Ride on! ride on in majesty! In lowly pomp ride on to die; bow thy meek head to mortal pain, then take, O God, thy pow'r and reign.
Ride on! ride on in majesty! Hark! all the tribes hosanna cry; thy humble beast pursues his road with palms and scattered garments strowed.
Verse 2
Ride on! ride on in majesty! In lowly pomp ride on to die; O Christ, thy triumphs now begin o'er captive death and conquered sin.
Verse 3
Ride on! ride on in majesty! The angel armies of the sky look down with sad and wond'ring eyes to see th' approaching sacrifice.
Verse 4
Ride on! ride on in majesty! Thy last and fiercest strife is nigh; the Father on his sapphire throne expects his own anointed Son.
Verse 5
Ride on! ride on in majesty! In lowly pomp ride on to die; bow thy meek head to mortal pain, then take, O God, thy pow'r and reign.
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Attribution & Copyright
Words: Henry Hart Milman, 1821
Music: Musicalisch Hand-Buch, 1690
Music: Musicalisch Hand-Buch, 1690