Come, faithful people, come away
your homage to your Monarch pay;
it is the feast of palms today:
Hosanna in the highest!

When Christ, the Lord of all, drew nigh
on Sunday morn to Bethany,
he called unto his loved ones standing by:
Hosanna in the highest!

"To yonder village go," said he,
"An ass and foal you there shall see,
untie them and bring them unto me."
Hosanna in the highest!

The two upon their errand sped,
and found the ass as he had said,
and on the colt their clothes they spread:
Hosanna in the highest!

They set him on his throne so rude;
before him went the multitude,
and in their way their garments strewed:
Hosanna in the highest!

They thronged before, behind, around,
they threw palm-branches on the ground,
and louder still rose the joyful sound:
Hosanna in the highest!

For it is the feast of palms today.