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==General information==
==General information==
'Come, let us join our cheerful songs' is a hymn by [[Isaac Watts]], published as Hymn 62 in Book 1 of his ''Hymns and Spiritual Songs''.
'Come, let us join our cheerful songs' is a hymn by [[Isaac Watts]], published as Hymn 62 in Book 1 of his [[Hymns and Spiritual Songs (Isaac Watts)|''Hymns and Spiritual Songs'']].


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==Text and translations==
==Text and translations==
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{{Vs|1}} Come, let us join our cheerful songs
 
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<poem>
Come, let us join our cheerful songs
With angels round the throne;
With angels round the throne;
Ten thousand thousand are their tongues,
Ten thousand thousand are their tongues,
But all their joys are one.
But all their joys are one.


"Worthy the Lamb that died," they cry,
{{Vs|2}} "Worthy the Lamb that died," they cry,
"To be exalted thus:"
"To be exalted thus:"
"Worthy the Lamb," our lips reply,
"Worthy the Lamb," our lips reply,
"For he was slain for us."
"For he was slain for us."


Jesus is worthy to receive
{{Vs|3}} Jesus is worthy to receive
Honour and power divine;
Honour and power divine;
And blessings more than we can give,
And blessings more than we can give,
Be, Lord, for ever thine.
Be, Lord, for ever thine.


Let all that dwell above the sky,
{{Vs|4}} Let all that dwell above the sky,
And air, and earth, and seas,
And air, and earth, and seas,
Conspire to lift thy glories high,
Conspire to lift thy glories high,
And speak thine endless praise.
And speak thine endless praise.


The whole creation join in one,
{{Vs|5}} The whole creation join in one,
To bless the sacred name
To bless the sacred name
Of him that sits upon the throne,
Of him that sits upon the throne,
And to adore the Lamb.
And to adore the Lamb.}}
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==External links ==
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Revision as of 22:17, 14 December 2015

General information

'Come, let us join our cheerful songs' is a hymn by Isaac Watts, published as Hymn 62 in Book 1 of his Hymns and Spiritual Songs.

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Text and translations

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1  Come, let us join our cheerful songs
With angels round the throne;
Ten thousand thousand are their tongues,
But all their joys are one.

2  "Worthy the Lamb that died," they cry,
"To be exalted thus:"
"Worthy the Lamb," our lips reply,
"For he was slain for us."

3  Jesus is worthy to receive
Honour and power divine;
And blessings more than we can give,
Be, Lord, for ever thine.

4  Let all that dwell above the sky,
And air, and earth, and seas,
Conspire to lift thy glories high,
And speak thine endless praise.

5  The whole creation join in one,
To bless the sacred name
Of him that sits upon the throne,
And to adore the Lamb.

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