Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee
Text by Henry van Dyke (1907). Music adapted from Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, "Ode to Joy" (1824). Public domain in all jurisdictions.
Verse 1
DJoy-ful, joy-ful, Awe a-dore DThee, God of Aglo-ry, DLord of Alove
DHearts un-fold like Gflow'rs be-fore DThee, o-p'ning Ato the Dsun a-Above
DMelt the clouds of Asin and sad-Dness, drive the Adark of Ddoubt a-Away
DGiv-er of im-Gmor-tal Dglad-ness, fill us Awith the Dlight of Aday
Verse 2
DAll Thy works with Ajoy sur-round DThee, earth and Aheav'n re-Dflect Thy Arays
DStars and an-gels Gsing a-round DThee, cen-ter Aof un-Dbro-ken Apraise
DField and for-est, Avale and Dmoun-tain, flow-ery Amea-dow, Dflash-ing Asea
DChant-ing bird and Gflow-ing Dfoun-tain, call us Ato re-Djoice in AThee
Verse 3
DThou art giv-ing Aand for-giv-Ding, ev-er Abless-ing, Dev-er Ablest
DWell-spring of the Gjoy of Dliv-ing, o-cean Adepth of Dhap-py Arest
DThou our Fa-ther, AChrist our DBro-ther, all who Alive in Dlove are AThine
DTeach us how to Glove each Do-ther, lift us Ato the Djoy di-Avine
Verse 4
DMor-tals, join the Ahap-py Dcho-rus which the Amorn-ing Dstars be-Agan
DFa-ther love is Greign-ing Do'er us, bro-ther Alove binds Dman to Aman
DEv-er sing-ing, Amarch we Don-ward, vic-tors Ain the Dmidst of Astrife
DJoy-ful mu-sic Gleads us Dsun-ward in the Atri-umph Dsong of Alife
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