When Morning Gilds the Skies
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m: Trad.
w: "Katholisches Gesangbuch," ca. 1744

[Verse 1]
When morning gilds the skies,
My heart awaking cries:
May Jesus Christ be praised!
Alike at work and pray'r:
To Jesus I repair:
May Jesus Christ be praised!
May Jesus Christ be praised!

[Verse 2]
The sacred minster bell,
It peals o'er hill and dell:
May Jesus Christ be praised!
Oh! hark to what it sings:
As joyously it rings:
May Jesus Christ be praised!

May Jesus Christ be praised!

[Verse 3]
To Thee, my God above,
I cry with glowing love:
May Jesus Christ be praised!
The fairest graces spring
In hearts that ever sing:
May Jesus Christ be praised!
May Jesus Christ be praised!

[Verse 4]
To God the Word on high,
The host of angels cry:
May Jesus Christ be praised!
Let mortals, too, upraise
Their voice in hymns of praise:
May Jesus Christ be praised!
May Jesus Christ be praised!

[Verse 5]
Let earth's wide circle round
In joyful notes resound:
May Jesus Christ be praised!
Let air, and sea, and sky,
From depth to height reply:
May Jesus Christ be praised!
May Jesus Christ be praised!

[Verse 6]
Be this, while life is mine,
My canticle divine:
May Jesus Christ be praised!
Be this th'_eternal song,
Through all the ages on:
May Jesus Christ be praised!
May Jesus Christ be praised!