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The United Methodist Hymnal · No. 248 · Words: Jane M. Joseph (tr.) · Tune: PERSONENT HODIE
On This Day Earth Shall Ring
Create PowerPoint slides from this hymn →A joyful Christmas carol set to the medieval tune PERSONENT HODIE from the Piae Cantiones (1582). The English translation celebrates Christ's nativity with a Latin refrain, 'Ideo gloria in excelsis Deo.'
Verse 1
On this day earth shall ring
with the song children sing
to the Lord, Christ our King,
born on earth
to save us;
him the Father
gave us.
Refrain
Id-e-o-o-o,
id-e-o-o-o,
ideo gloria
in excelsis Deo!
Verse 2
His the doom, ours the mirth;
when he came down to earth,
Bethlehem saw his birth;
ox and ass
beside him
from the cold
would hide him.
Refrain
Id-e-o-o-o,
id-e-o-o-o,
ideo gloria
in excelsis Deo!
Verse 3
God’s bright star,
o’er his head,
Wise Men three to him led;
kneel they low by his bed,
lay their gifts
before him,
praise him and
adore him.
Refrain
Id-e-o-o-o,
id-e-o-o-o,
ideo gloria
in excelsis Deo!
Verse 4
On this day angels sing;
with their song earth shall ring,
praising Christ, heaven’s King,
born on earth
to save us;
peace and love
he gave us.
Refrain
Id-e-o-o-o,
id-e-o-o-o,
ideo gloria
in excelsis Deo!
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