Once Was Heard the Song of Children

Once was heard the song of child­ren

By the Sav­ior when on earth;

Joyful in the sac­red tem­ple

Shouts of youth­ful praise had birth;

And ho­san­nas

and ho­san­nas

Loud

to Da­vid’s Son broke forth.

Palms of vic­to­ry strewn around Him

Garments spread be­neath His feet;

Prophet of the Lord they crowned Him

In fair Sa­lem’s crowd­ed street;

While ho­san­nas

while ho­san­nas

Children sang in ac­cents sweet.

Blessèd Sav­ior

now tri­umph­ant

Glorified and throned on high

Mortal lays

from man or in­fant

With the songs of an­gels vie;

And ho­san­nas

and ho­san­nas

Swell the chor­us of the sky.

God o’er all

in glo­ry reign­ing

We this day Thy prais­es sing;

Not with palms Thy path­way strew­ing

We would lof­ti­er tri­bute bring;

Glad ho­san­nas

glad ho­san­nas

To our pro­phet

priest

and king.

O

though hum­ble is our of­fer­ing

Deign ac­cept our grate­ful lays;

Those from child­ren once pro­ceed­ing

Thou didst deem per­fect­ed praise.

Now ho­san­nas

now ho­san­nas

Savior

Lord

to Thee we raise.