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%OHSCRIP Ex 15:1-2, Is 52:9-10, Is 53:12, Rev 15:2-4, 1Cor 15:54-57, 1Chr 29:10-13, Jn 19:30
%OHTOPICS {Adam (first/second - see also Guidance, Invitation [ours to God], Repentance) [2]}, {Art and Music}, {Atonement}, {Blood [7,10]}, {Christmas/Advent [4,5]}, {Cross}, {God, Creator [2]}, {Jesus}, {Kindness, God's}, {Praise, Son}, {Salvation}, {Victory}, {Worship}
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%OHARRANGER unknown
%OHAUTHOR Fortunatus, Venantius Honorius Clementianus (530-609)
%OHTRANSLATOR Neale, John Mason (1818-1866)
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X: 1
T: Sing My Tongue, The Glorious Battle
T: (also known as Sing My Tongue the Savior's Battle)
C: Words:  Venantius Fortunatus, 569.  Translated by John M. Neale, 1851.
C: Music: 'Pange Lingua', Proper Sarum Melody, alt.  Setting: "The Church Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged" (Episcopal), 1898, alt.
C: copyright: public domain.  This score is a part of the Open Hymnal Project, 2025 Revision.
S: Music source: "The Church Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged" (Episcopal), 1898 Hymn 98, alt.  Alterations by Brian Dumont, 03 Nov 2025.  All alterations released into the public domain.
S: Lyrics Source: "Mediæval Hymns" by John Mason Neale, 1851 pg 1-4
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w: 1.~Sing, my tongue, the glo- rious  bat- * tle, With com- ple- ted  vic- * t'ry  rife, 
w: 2.~God  his  Ma- ker  sore- ly  grie- * ving That the  first  born  A- * dam  fell, 
w: 3.~For  the  work  of  our  sal- va- * tion Needs would  have  his  or- * der  so, 
w: 4.~Where- fore,  when  the  sac- red  full- * ness Of th'ap- poin- ted  time * was  come, 
w: 5.~Weeps  the  In- fant  in  the  man- * ger That in  Beth- l'hem's  sta- * ble  stands; 
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w: And  a- bove  the  cros- s's  tro- phy Tell *  the  tri- * umph  of *  the  strife,
w: When  he  ate  the  nox- ious  ap- ple Whose * re- ward *  was  death *  and  hell, 
w: And  the  mul- ti- form  de- cei- ver's Art  * by  art *  would  o- * ver- throw. 
w: This  world's  Ma- ker  left  His  Fa- ther, Left *  His  bright *  and  heav'- * nly  home, 
w: And  His  limbs  the  vir- gin  mo- ther Doth *  com- pose *  in  swad- *  dling bands, 
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w: How  the  world's  Re- dee- mer  con- * quered By  sur- rend'- ring *  of *  His  Life. 
w: No- ted  then  this  wood,  the  ru- * in Of  the  an- cient *  wood *  to  quell. 
w: And  from  thence  would  bring  the  med'- * cine Whence  the  ve- nom *  of *  the  foe. 
w: And  pro- cee- ded,  God  In- car- * nate, From  the  vir- gin's *  ho- * ly  womb. 
w: Meet- ly  thus  in  li- nen  fol- * ding Of her  God the *  feet *  and  hands. 
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W: 6.Thirty  years  among  us  dwelling, 
W: His  appointed  time  fulfilled; 
W: Giv'n  for  this,  He  meets  His  Passion, 
W: For that  this  He  freely  willed; 
W: On  the  Cross  the  Lamb  is  lifted, 
W: On  Whose  Death  our  hope  we  build. 
W: 
W: 7.He  endured  the  shame  and  spitting. 
W: Vinegar  and  nails  and  reed; 
W: As  His  Blessed  Side  is  opened, 
W: Water  thence  and  blood  proceed: 
W: Earth,  and  sky,  and  stars,  and  ocean, 
W: By  that  flood  are  cleansed  indeed. 
W: 
W: 8.Faithful  Cross!  above  all  other 
W: One  and  only  noble  Tree! 
W: None  in  foliage,  none  in  blossom,
W: None  in  fruit  compares  with  Thee: 
W: Sweetest  wood,  and  sweetest  iron,
W: Sweetest  weight  sustaining  free. 
W: 
W: 9.Bend  thy  boughs,  O  Tree  of  Glory! 
W: Thy  relaxing  sinews  bend; 
W: For  awhile  the  ancient  rigour 
W: That  thy  birth  bestowed,  suspend: 
W: And  the  King  of  Heavenly  Beauty 
W: On  thy  bosom  gently  tend. 
W: 
W: 10.Thou  alone  wast  counted  worthy 
W: This  world's  ransom  to  uphold; 
W: For  a  shipwrecked  world  preparing 
W: Harbor,  like  the  Ark  of  old; 
W: With  the  sacred  Blood  anointed 
W: From  the  wounded  Lamb  that  rolled. 
W: 
W: 11.$1D$2 Laud  and  honor  to  the  Father, 
W: Laud  and  honor  to  the  Son, 
W: Laud  and  honor  to  the  Spirit, 
W: Ever  Three  and  ever  One: 
W: Consubstantial,  co-eternal, 
W: While  unending  ages  run.