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Sing the joy of Easter Day,
The Easter triumph tell,
Jesus rose on Easter Day,
The Lord Who loves us well.

Good Joseph had a garden;
Close by that sad green hill
Where Jesus died a bitter death
To save mankind from ill.

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One evening in that garden
Their faces dark with gloom,
They laid the Savior’s body
Within good Joseph’s tomb.

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There came the holy women
With spices and with tears;
The angels tried to comfort them,
But could not calm their fears.

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Came Mary to that garden
And sobbed with heart forlorn;
She thought she heard the gardener ask
“Whom seekest thou this morn?”

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She heard her own name spoken,
And then she lost her care;
All in His strength and beauty
The risen Lord stood fair!

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Good Joseph had a garden;
Amid its trees so tall
The Lord Christ stood in Easter Day;
He lives to save us all.

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And as He rose at Easter
He is alive for ay,
The very same Lord Jesus Christ
Who hears us sing today.

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Go tell the Lord Christ’s message,
The Easter triumph sing,
Till all His waiting children know
That Jesus is their King.

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