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Hymns and Tunes 1886 300

Shout the glad tidings, exultingly sing

Words: William A. MuhlenbergMusic: C. AvisonTune: Avison11s & 10s

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1Shout the glad tidings, exultingly sing,
Jerusalem triumphs, Messiah is King!
Zion, the marvelous story be telling,
The Son of the Highest, how lowly his birth!
The brightest of angels in glory excelling,
He stoops to redeem thee, is born upon earth!
Shout the glad tidings, exultingly sing,
Jerusalem triumphs, Messiah is King!

2Tell how he cometh; from nation to nation,
The heart-cheering news let the earth echo round;
How free to the faithful he offers salvation!
His people with joy everlasting are crowned!
Shout the glad tidings, exultingly sing,
Jerusalem triumphs, Messiah is King!

3Mortals, your homage be gratefully bringing,
And sweet let the gladsome hosanna arise;
Ye angels, the full hallelujah be singing;
One chorus resound through the earth and the skies.
Shout the glad tidings, exultingly sing,
Jerusalem triumphs, Messiah is King!

Tune
Avison

Public Domain

The verse

Meter
10.11.11.11.12.11.10.11 · the hymnal prints 11s & 10s
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 32% of beats fit
Rhyme
ABABCC
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Shout the glad tidings, exultingly sing,/˘//˘˘/˘˘/10A
Jerusalem triumphs, Messiah is King!˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/11A
Zion, the marvelous story be telling,/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘11B
The Son of the Highest, how lowly his birth!˘/˘˘/˘//˘˘/11C
The brightest of angels in glory excelling,˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘12B
He stoops to redeem thee, is born upon earth!˘/˘˘//˘/˘//11C
Shout the glad tidings, exultingly sing,/˘//˘˘/˘˘/10A
Jerusalem triumphs, Messiah is King!˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/11A

Verse 2

Tell how he cometh; from nation to nation,//˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘11A
The heart-cheering news let the earth echo round;˘???//˘//˘/11B
How free to the faithful he offers salvation!//˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘12A
His people with joy everlasting are crowned!˘/˘˘//˘/˘˘/11B
Shout the glad tidings, exultingly sing,/˘//˘˘/˘˘/10C
Jerusalem triumphs, Messiah is King!˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/11C

Verse 3

Mortals, your homage be gratefully bringing,/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘11A
And sweet let the gladsome hosanna arise;˘//˘??˘/˘˘/11B
Ye angels, the full hallelujah be singing;//˘˘//˘/˘˘/˘12A
One chorus resound through the earth and the skies.//˘///˘/˘˘/11B
Shout the glad tidings, exultingly sing,/˘//˘˘/˘˘/10C
Jerusalem triumphs, Messiah is King!˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/11C

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.