With meter 85.84.7, it is almost always set to the tune REGINA CAELI JUBLIA, was written by Johann Leisentritt (1527-1586), published in his Catholicum Hymnologium Germanicum in 1584.
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Examples
Solo singer:
Cantor with organ, recorded live in a church service:
Choir with organ accompaniment:
Solo singer with contemporary-style backing track:
Lyrics
Be joyful, Mary, heav'nly queen,Gaude, Maria:
Your Son who died was living seen,
Alleluia,
Laetare, O Maria!
The Son you bore by heaven's grace,
Gaude, Maria:
Did all our guilt and sin efface,
Alleluia,
Laetare, O Maria!
The Lord is risen from the dead,
Gaude, Maria:
He rose with might as he had said,
Alleluia,
Laetare, O Maria!
Then pray to God, O Virgin fair,
Gaude, Maria:
That He our souls to heaven bear.
Alleluia!
Laetare, O Maria!
Be joyful, Mary, heav’nly Queen,
Be joyful, Mary!
Your grief is changed to joy serene,
Alleluia!
Rejoice, rejoice, O Mary!
The Son you bore by heaven's grace,
Be joyful, Mary!
Did by His death our guilt erase,
Alleluia!
Rejoice, rejoice, O Mary!
The Lord has risen from the dead,
Be joyful, Mary!
He rose in glory as He said,
Alleluia!
Rejoice, rejoice, O Mary!
Then pray to God, O Virgin fair,
Be joyful, Mary!
That He our souls to heaven bear,
Alleluia!
Rejoice, rejoice, O Mary!
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