Awake, Arise, Good Christians
1. Awake, arise good Christians, let nothing you dismay,
Remember Christ our Saviour was born upon this day!
The self-same moon was shining, that now is in the sky,
When a holy band of angels came down from God on high!
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Hosannah! Hosannah! to Jesus we'll sing,
Hosannah! Hosannah! oue Saviour and King.
2. Came down on clouds of glory,
Arrayed in shining light,
Unto the shepherd people
Who watched their flocks by night.
And through the midnight silence
The heavenly host began:
"Glory be to God on Highest;
On earth, good will to man!
Glory be to God the Highest;
On earth, good will to man!"
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Hosannah! Hosannah! to Jesus we'll sing,
Hosannah! Hosannah! oue Saviour and King.
Fear not, we bring good tidings, for on this happy morn,
The promised One, the Saviour, in Bethlehem's town was born!"
Up rose the simple shepherds, all with a joyful mind,
"Then let us go in haste," they say, "This holy child to find."
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Hosannah! Hosannah! to Jesus we'll sing,
Hosannah! Hosannah! oue Saviour and King.
4. Not in a kingly palace
The Son of God they found,
But in a lowly manger
Where oxen fed around.
The glorious King of Heaven,
The Lord of all the earth,
In mercy condescended
To be of humble birth.
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Hosannah! Hosannah! to Jesus we'll sing,
Hosannah! Hosannah! oue Saviour and King.
5. Long looked the simple shepherds,
With holy wonder stirred,
Then praised God for all the things
Which they had seen and heard.
And homeward went rejoicing,
Upon that Christmas morn,
Declaring unto every one
That Jesus Christ was born.
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Hosannah! Hosannah! to Jesus we'll sing,
Hosannah! Hosannah! oue Saviour and King.
6. 'And like unto the shepherds, we wander far and near,
And bid you wake, good Christians, the joyful news to hear;
Awake, arise, good Christians, let nothing you dismay,
Remember Christ our Saviour was born upon this day.
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Hosannah! Hosannah! to Jesus we'll sing,
Hosannah! Hosannah! oue Saviour and King.
– Black Bull, Ecclesfield
The Sheffield version utilises the first two verses of a more complete version, although it also includes a further verse (No 6) from another source. Those verses in blue added here for completeness.