HILLS OF THE NORTH, REJOICE!

Tune: CALL TO CHRISTIANS

Meter: 6 6 6 6
Text: Editors of English Praise
Music by Fr. J. Roel Lungay
Performed by Fr. J. Roel Lungay
Piano arrangement by TQ Solis, Jr.
Orchestration by Romeo Mascarinas

Cover Art by Glenn Angcla

1
Hills of the North, rejoice!
Echoing songs arise!
Hail with united voice
Him who made earth and skies!

2
Isles of the Southern seas,
Sing to the listening earth;
Carry on every breeze
Hope of a world’s new birth.

Refrain:
Hills of the North, rejoice!
Our Savior and our God
Has come for us all
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia!

3
Lands of the East, arise!
He is your brightest morn;
Greet Him with joyous eyes,
Praise shall His path adorn.

(Repeat Refrain)

Additional Verses:

4
Shores of the utmost West,
Lands of the setting sun;
Welcome the heavenly guest
In whom the dawn has come.

(Repeat Refrain)

5
Shout, as your journey on!
Songs be in every mouth!
Lo, from the North they come,
From East and West and South.

(Repeat Refrain)

Coda:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia!

Text: Editors of English Praise; Based on Charles E. Oakley, 1832-1865
© 1975 Oxford University Press (Adapted)
Music © 1994, 2013 Fr. J. Roel Lungay for Fro’s Music