Stephen noted this in recent correspondence:
One year, when preparing the Easter music for an Anglican church, I discovered No 302 in The Australian Hymn Book – the tune and metre Vruechten 67.67 D – Melody from J Oudaen’s “Psalter’, Amsterdam 1685, words by George Ratcliffe Woodward (1848-1934): “This joyful Eastertide away with sin and sorrow…” How interesting and enchanting I thought it! What do people think of it? Is it ever sung?
I’m doing a lot of traditional hymns that are out of my comfort zone lately, but this is certainly a thrilling tune with a ferocious range, so I’ll let the choir sing it and groan along an octave down for the “arisen”s. All the details are as noted by Stephen and Hymnary puts it all together as usual. It shows up in Protestant Hymnals in the main there.
1 This joyful Eastertide,
away with sin and sorrow!
My Love, the Crucified,
has sprung to life this morrow:
Refrain:
Had Christ, who once was slain,
not burst His three-day prison,
our faith had been in vain;
but now has Christ arisen,
arisen, arisen;
but now has Christ arisen!
2 Death’s flood has lost its chill
since Jesus crossed the river;
Lover of souls, from ill
my passing soul deliver: [Refrain]
3 My flesh in hope shall rest
and for a season slumber
till trump from east to west
shall wake the dead in number: [Refrain]