Full Lyrics
VERSE 1
Last night I lay asleeping there came a dream so fair,
I stood in Old Jerusalem beside the Temple there;
I heard the children singing And ever as they sang,
methought the voice of angels, From heav'n in answer rang,
methought the voice of angels From heav'n in answer rang.
CHORUS
Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
Lift up your gates and sing
Hosanna in the highest,
Hosanna to your King.
VERSE 2
Then methought my dream was changed, the streets no longer rang
Hushed were the glad Hosanna the little children sang;
The sun grew dark with mystery, the morn was cold and chill,
As the shadow of a cross arose upon a lonely hill,
As the shadow of a cross arose upon a lonely hill.
VERSE 3
And once again the scene was changed, New earth there seemed to be,
I saw the Holy City Beside the tideless sea;
The light of God was on its streets, the gates were open wide,
And all who would might enter, And no one was denied.
No need of moon or stars by night nor sun to shine by day,
It was the new Jerusalem that would not pass away,
It was the new Jerusalem that would not pass away.
CHORUS 3
Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
Lift up your gates and sing
Hosanna in the highest,
Hosanna for ever more,
Hosanna in the highest,
Hosanna for ever more.
