Tune: Lux Eoi
(\'Alleluia, Alleluia! hearts to heaven and voices raise\')
John 20 v.11-18
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Mary Magdalene at tomb stayed
Weeping there, she was dismayed
She stooped down, and looked then inside
Two angels there, did not hide
They were in white, in tomb sitting
Their radiance displaying
At the head one, at the feet one
Where had lain Jesus, God\'s Son
They said to her, Woman, Why do
You weep? She said to them true
Because they have taken away
My Lord, I know not this day
Where they have laid him, and when she
Had said this turned round, did see
Jesus standing, but did not know
That it was Jesus, e\'en so
Jesus said to her, woman, why
Do you weep? Whom do you seek?
She did think He was the gardener
And did say unto Him, Sir
If you have taken Him away
Tell me where he lays this day
And I will then take Him away
Make burial safe, I say
Jesus said unto her, Mary
She turned around, Him did see
Said, Rabboni, Which is, Master
Her risen Lord and Saviour
Jesus said, Hold not on to me
I not ascended yet be
But go unto the disciples
To they who have heard my calls
Say to them, I ascend unto
My Father, your Father too
And my God, and your God also
This be true, you may it know
So Mary disciples did tell
That she had seen the Lord well
And that He had spoken these things
To her, good news she each brings