This Joyful Eastertide ====================== w: George R. Woodford m: "Vreuchten" - Trad. Dutch melody; David's Psalmen, 1685 arr. Charles Wood [Verse 1] This joyful Eastertide, away with sin and sorrow. My love, the Crucified, hath sprung to life this morrow. [Refrain] Had Christ, that once was slain, ne'er burst his three~day prison, our faith had been in vain: but now hath Christ arisen, arisen, arisen, arisen. [Verse 2] My flesh in hope shall rest, and for a season slumber; till trump from east to west shall wake the dead in number. [Refrain] [Verse 3] Death's flood hath lost its chill, since Jesus crossed the river; lover of souls, from ill my passing soul deliver. [Refrain]