This edition was prepared by Barry Johnston — free to download, print, rehearse and perform.
Hallelujah
Staff Notation • Sacred
Preview
0
0
Subscribed as
Want Sunday picks sent to another address too?
Free weekly email
Your choir should not be left out in what's trending
Sunday mass selections, psalms, and trending songs in your area — straight to your inbox.
Hallelujah by William Walker — Lyrics
And let this feeble body fail,
And let it droop, or die.
My soul shall quit the mournful vale,
And soar to worlds on high:
Shall join the disembodied saints,
And find its longsought rest,
(That only bliss for which it pants,)
In my Redeemer's breast.
In hope of that immortal crown,
I now the cross sustain.
And gladly wander up and down,
And smile at toil and pain :
Read full lyrics
About Hallelujah
William Walker's Hallelujah sets a deeply personal English text of Christian hope and eschatological longing. The words express the singer's eager anticipation of death as a release from earthly suffering and a transition to eternal rest with their Redeemer. The lyrics speak of enduring present hardship in the confident expectation of divine deliverance and ultimate reward in heaven. This sacred setting is written for SATB choir, offering a rich harmonic language to convey the profound spiritual sentiments of the text, portraying a soul yearning for its final, blissful home. The music aims to capture the resolute faith and peace found in the prospect of the afterlife and reunion with the divine.
