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The Akathist Hymn
to the Most-Holy Theotokos
Apolytikion. Mode pl. 4. Nh.
When he per - ceived___ what had se - cret - ly been or -
- - - - dered to the a - bode_____ of Jo - seph
ur - gent - ly re - port - - - - ed the un - bod - ied
one and said un - to the__ un - wed - ded The Lord______
who has bowed the heav - - - ens in His de - scent_____
_____ in you______ is con - tained com - plete - - ly and with-
out change and be- hold - - ing___ Him in your womb tak - ing the
form___ of a slave as - tound - ed I cry out to___ you
Re - joice___ O un - wed - ded__ Bride
Re - joice___ O un - wed - ded_ Bride__________________________
Final ending
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The Canon of the Akathist
Ode 1. Mode 4. The Heirmos.
1st Choir begins.
My mouth shall I o - pen wide and it will thus be with
Spir - it filled A word shall I then pour out un - to the Moth - er
and Queen I will joy - ous- ly at - tend the cel - e - bra - tion and
sing to her mer - ri - ly laud - ing her mir - a - cles 2nd Choir repeats.
Troparia
Most ho - ly The - o - to - kos save______ us
O Maid - en and Vir - gin pure the great Arch - an - gel be-
hold - ing you the an - i - mate book of Christ which by the Spir - it
was sealed did ex - claim to you Re - joice O joys con - tain - er thru
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whom shall the curse up - on___ the pri - mal moth - er be loosed
Most ho - ly The - o - to - kos save______ us
Re - joice Vir - gin Bride of God the res - to - ra - tion of
fall - en man the mor - ti - fi - ca - tion of Ha - des O blame-less one
and the pal - ace of the on - ly King and Sov' - reign re - joice
fier - y throne of the Ru - ler of all re - joice
Glo - ry to the Fa - ther and the Son and the Ho - ly
Spir - it
Re - joice you the on - ly one who bud- ded forth the un-
fad - ing rose Re - joice who have giv - en birth un - to the sweet__
ap-ple tree Of the King of all the ar - o - mat - ic bal - sam
re - joice O un - wed-ded Maid_ the worlds de - liv - er - ance
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Both now and ev - er and to the a - ges_ of a-
ges A - men
O treas - ure of chas - ti - ty re - joice__ thru you we have
ris - en up from out of our fall Re - joice___ sweet smell - ing lil-
y that sends forth its fra-grant scent O La - dy to the faith-
ful ar - o - mat - ic in - cense and cost - ly a - noint - ing oil
Ode iii. The Heirmos.
1st Choir begins.
Es - tab - lish your ser - vants who ex - tol you O
Moth - er of God for they have formed a spir - i - tu - al choir______
for__ you the liv - ing and___ a - bun - dant_ fount and crowns
of glo - ry gra-cious-ly in your__ di - vine glo-ry grant to them
2nd Choir repeats.
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Troparia
Most ho - ly The - o - to - kos save______ us
The land that has til - lered the di - vine stalk while
clear - ly con - tin - u - ing un - tilled re - joice O ta - ble an -
i - mate that held the ho - ly bread of___ life Re - joice
O nev - er emp - ty fount of liv - ing wa - ter O bless- ed one
Most ho - ly The - o - to - kos save______ us
The heif - er that moth - ered for the faith - ful the un-
blem - ished_ Bul - lock O re - joice Re - joice the ewe__ that yeaned
the__ Lamb of God who takes__ a - way the__ sins of all
the world O mer - cy seat re - joice__ who fer - vent-ly ex - pi - ate
Glo - ry to the Fa - ther and the Son and the Ho - ly
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Spir - it
The lu - mi - nous morn - ing that a - lone brings_ Christ the
Sun of Right-eous-ness re - joice O dwell - ing place__ of light______
re - joice dis - pel - ler of____ the dark re - joice For you
di - min - ished ut - ter - ly the dark - ened de -mons of Lu - c i - fer
Both now and ev - er and to the a - ges_ of a-
ges A - men
Re - joice on - ly ver - i - ta - ble east gate that
on - ly the Lo - gos has gone thru Re - joice for in your giv -
ing__ birth you shat-tered Ha - des bars and__ gates All - laud-
ed one re - joice di-vine
Ending by 1st Choir. en - trance of those who are be - ing saved
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Ode iv. The Heirmos.
2nd Choir begins.
He who sits in ho - ly glo - ry on the throne_____
of Di - vin - i- ty on a swift__ and light______ cloud Je - sus has
ar - rived__ the sur - pass - ing God and by the might of His
un - de - filed______ hand_______ has__ saved those who cry a-loud
Glo - ry____ O Christ to Your pow - er be
Troparia
Most ho - ly The - o - to - kos save______ us
Un - to you in song-ful voic - es do we loy -
al - ly say re-joice moun-tain rich and cur - dled in the Ho - ly
Spir - it all - laud - ed one Re - joice O sev - en - branched_
lamp stand and the gold - en__ jar with the man - na that
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sweet - ens___ the sens-es of pi - ous folk
Most ho - ly The - o - to - kos save______ us
O re - joice un-taint-ed La - dy Mer -cy seat__ for
the world re-joice lad - der el - e - vat - ing eve - ry-one from
earth__ by an act of grace Re - joice O heav - en - ly bridge
that is con - vey - - ing from death un - to life in truth all
those__ who chant hymns__ of praise to you
Most ho - ly The - o - to - kos save______ us
More ex - alt - ed than the heav - - ens O im-
mac - - u - late Maid re-joice as th one who car - ried
earths Foun - da - tion pain - less - ly in your womb Re - joice O
mu - rex who dyed in your own vir - - gin__ blood the di-
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vine___ pur-ple robe worn by___ the King of an - gel - ic hosts
Glo - ry to the Fa - ther and the Son and the Ho - ly
Spir - it
La - dy tru - ly you gave______ birth to the di-
vine______ Giv-er of the law Who e - ras - es free - ly
eve - ry- bo - dys rec - ord of law-less-ness In - com - pre - hen-
si - ble depth and height un - speak - - a - ble O un - wed-
ded Maid re - joice___ thru whom we are de - i - fied
Both now and ev - er and to the a - ges_ of a-
ges A - men
We ex - tol you who have wov - en the un - wov -
en by hu - man hands crown of hope and glo - ry for the world
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O Vir - gin and say re-joice to you the for - ti - fi - ca-
tion and the cit - - a - del and pro - tec - tive wall
Ending by 2nd Choir. and sa - cred ref - uge for eve - ry - one
Ode v. The Heirmos.
1st Choir begins.
A - mazed was the u - ni -verse by your di - vine mag - ni - fi-
cence For while nev - er con -sum-mat -ing wed - lock you held O
Vir - gin the God of all_____ in your womb and gave___ birth un-
to a time-less Son Who__ a - wards sal - va - tion to all who
chant hymns of praise to you
Troparia
Most ho - ly The - o - to - kos save______ us
Re - joice for you car - ried in your womb the Way that leads
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to life Bride of God re - joice all- blame - less Maid - en who saved
the world__ from the flood of sin Re - joice awe - in - spir - ing
mes - sage and re - port hab - i - ta-tion of the One who is Lord
of cre - a - tion all
Most ho - ly The - o - to - kos save______ us
The might and the for - tress of the hu - man race O spot-
less one O re - joice the ho - ly place__ of glo - ry slay-
er of Ha - des the bri - dal cham-ber of light De - light of the
An - gels O re - joice Help - er of the ones who pray to you faith-
ful - ly O re - joice
Most ho - ly The - o - to - kos save______ us
The fi - er - y char - i - ot of God the Lo - gos O
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re - joice La - dy liv - ing par - a - di - sal gar - den which in
its cen - ter con - tains the tree of___ life the Lord Whose
de - li - cious-ness gives life un - to those who eat with faith who
were sub - ject un - to de - cay
Glo - ry to the Fa - ther and the Son and the Ho - ly
Spir - it
Your pow - er en - heart - ens us We loy - al- ly cry out
re - joice un - to you the ci - ty of____ the great King a -
bout which glo - ri - ous and re - mark - a - ble things per - spi-
cu - ous-ly have been de - clared O un-quar-ried moun - tain and depth
un - fath - om - a - ble re - joice___
Both now and ev - er and to the a - ges_ of a-
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ges A - men
Re - joice O Im - mac - u - late the spa -cious dwell-ing of
the Word oys - ter that pro - duc - es the___ di - vine Pearl Re - joice
O La - dy ex - ceed - ing won-der - ful rec - on - ci-
li - a - tion with the Lord for all____ who be - at - i - fy
Ending by 1st Choir. you the Moth - er of God each day
Ode vi. The Heirmos.
2nd Choir begins.
Let us pos-sessed of a god - ly mind ob-serv - ing this di - vine and all-
ven - er - a - ble feast in hon - or of the The - o - to - kos come
clap our hands while glo - ri - fy - ing God who was tru - ly born of
her
1st Choir repeats.

Troparia

Most ho - ly The - o - to - kos save______ us
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The un - de - filed cham - ber of the Word for all the cause of
de - i - fi - ca - tion O Im - mac - u - late re - joice The Proph - ets ech-
o - ing proph - e - sy re - joice and the a - dorn-ment of the A - pos-
tles all
Most ho - ly The - o - to - kos save______ us
From you has dripped the re - fresh - ing Dew un - do - ing po - ly - the - is-
ms fe - ver and we there - fore say to you Re - joice the fleece that_ was
won-drous-ly be - dewed O ho - ly Vir - gin which Gid - e - on fore-
saw
Glo - ry to the Fa - ther and the Son and the Ho - ly
Spir - it
Be -hold we cry un- to you re-joice Be - come for us a har - bor
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and an - chor-age for we are tossed a - bout up - on the sea of__ ad-
ver - si - ties and of the ma - ny scan-dals of him who wars with
us
Both now and ev - er and to the a - ges_ of a-
ges A - men
O cause and rea - son for ho - ly joy cause ho - ly grace to shine on
our rea - son- ing that we may cry re - joice O un - con - sumed____
bush and shin - ing cloud that o - ver - shad - ows cease - less -ly
Ending by 2nd Choir. the be - liev - ers all
Ode vii. The Heirmos.
1st Choir begins.
God - ly - mind - ed__ three did not a - dore cre - at - ed things
in the Cre - a - - tors_ stead but brave - ly tram - pling up-
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on the threat of the fur-nace fire_______ chant - ed joy - ful- ly O

su - preme - ly_____ praised and most ex - alt - ed Lord and God
of the fa - thers You___ are bless - ed
Troparia
Most ho - ly The - o - to - kos save______ us
We sing hymns__ to__ you and shout__ Re - joice O char-
i - ot of the in - tel - li- gi - ble Sun Re - joice O ver- i - ta - ble
vine that cul - tured the rip- ened clus - ter drip - ping with wine mak-
ing glad___ the__ hearts and souls of all who faith - ful- ly praise
and glo - ri - fy____ you dai - ly
Most ho - ly The - o - to - kos save______ us
Bride of God___ re - joice who car - ried in your womb
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the Heal-er of the hu - man_ race Re - joice O mys - ti - cal
rod___ that blos-somed the flow - er that___ will nev - er wilt a-
way O____ La - dy re - joice thru whom we are ful - filled with
joy and in - her - it life___ e - ter - nal
Most ho - ly The - o - to - kos save______ us
In - suf - fi - cient__ is the tongue of an - y or - a - tor for
hymns ex - tol - - ling__ you who were ex - alt - ed a-
bove the Ser - a-phim hav - ing giv - en birth to Christ the King
whom O La - dy be-seech to res - cue now from eve - ry harm
those who bow in faith___ be - fore you
Glo - ry to the Fa - ther and the Son and the Ho - ly
Spir - it
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The ends of__ the earth ex - tol you and pro - nounce you blest
and they cry out________ to__ you Re - joice the tab - let on
which O pure one the Word was by___ the Fa - thers hand in-scribed
In - ter - cede___ with__ Him O The - o - to - kos to en - roll
in the book of life___ your ser - vants
Both now and ev - er and to the a - ges_ of a-
ges A - men
We your ser - vants now be - seech_ you and we bend the
knee of our heart_______ to__ you O pure one lend_ us an
ear and save us for we are drown - ing in ad - ver - si- ties
And your Ci - ty re-deem O The - o - to - kos from the hands
Ending by 1st Choir. of the in - fi - del___ in - vad - ers
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Ode viii. The Heirmos.

2nd Choir begins.
Pi - ous chil - dren stood__ with - in the fur - nace The
Child___ of the The - o - to - kos went and res - cued them He__ who
was pre - fig - ured then man - i - fest - ly ac - tive_ now is
gath - er- ing to - geth - er the en - tire______ u - ni - verse
to sing the hymn_ O praise and su - preme-ly ex - alt the Lord
O all____ you His works un- to the a - ges
Troparia
Most ho - ly The - o - to - kos save______ us
You wel - comed in - to___ your womb the Lo - gos you
held___ in your arms the One who holds all things With__ your milk you
nour-ished Him who by a nod gives nour - ish - ment O pur-
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est Maid - en un - to the en - tire______ u - ni - verse to
whom we sing__ O praise and su - preme-ly ex - alt the Lord O
all____ you His works un- to the a - ges
Most ho - ly The - o - to - kos save______ us
The glo - ri - ous myst - ry of your child - birth did
Mo - ses per-ceive with-in the burn - ing bush Chil - dren once in
Ba - by-lon viv - id - ly pre - fig - ured_ this for stand- ing in the midst
of fire___ they re - mained un - burnt O un - de - filed__ and all-
ho - ly Vir - gin And there-fore we ex - tol___ you in hymns un-
to the a - ges
Most ho - ly The - o - to - kos save______ us
We___ who were left na - ked thru be - guile- ment have
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worn___ thru your preg-nan-cy the gar - ment of in- cor - rup - ti-
bil - i - ty and we who were sit - ting__ in the dark-ness of
our er - rors now have con - tem - plat - ed the light O dwell-
ing place_ of light ho - ly Dam- sel And there-fore we ex - tol____
you in hymns un- to the a - ges
Glo - ry to the Fa - ther and the Son and the Ho - ly
Spir - it
De - ceased____ have been quick - ened thru your pow - er for
preg -nant were you___ with life hy-pos-ta-sized They__ who once were
speech - less now speak with new-found el - o - quence Dis - eas - es are
ex - ter - mi - nat - ed lep - ers pu - ri - fied The le-gions of the
ae - ri - al spir - its O Vir - gin are de-feat - ed for you are
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mans_ sal - va - tion
Both now and ev - er and to the a - ges_ of a-
ges A - men
O Birth - giv - er of___ the worlds sal - va - tion thru
you___ we are raised__ from earth un- to the heights Ev - er - bless - ed
Maid re - joice for - tress and pro - tec - tive__ veil O pure one the
de - fense and the for - ti - fi - ca - tion of all who sing the
hymn_ O praise and su - preme- ly
Ending by 2nd Choir. ex - alt the Lord O all___ you His works un - to
the a - ges


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Ode ix. The Heirmos.
1st Choir begins.
All you born on earth_ with fes - ti - val lamps in hand__ in spir-
it leap for joy heav - en -ly in - tel - li - gen - ces of in - cor-
po - re - al An - gels cel- e- brate and hon - or thus the
sa - cred feast of the Moth - er of God cry - ing loud - -
- - ly O___ re - joice all - bless - ed one ev - er - vir - gin_
_ and pure who gave birth to God
Troparia
Most ho - ly The - o - to - kos save______ us
So that we may cry_ re - joice un - to you thru whom__ we faith-
ful have be-come shar - ers of e - ter - nal__ joy O Maid- en
res - cue___ us from temp - ta - tions all bar - bar - i - an
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in - va - sions and from ev - ery oth - er__ scourge which are
bound to fol - low on the mul - ti - tude of trans - gres-sions_ com - mit - ted by
sin - ful man
Most ho - ly The - o - to - kos save______ us
Since you have ap- peared our light and our sur - e - ty___ we there-
fore shout to you O un-set-ting star re - joice from which the
great_____ Sun e - merged un - to the world Re - joice O pure one
for___ you o - pened E - den closed__ of___ old O re - joice__
______________ the fier - y pil - lar ush - er - ing hu - man - kind out__
__ of bond-age to life on high
Most ho - ly The - o - to - kos save______ us
Come and let us stand rev - rent - ly with - in the tem - ple of
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our God and say Mis- tress of the world re - joice Re - joice O
Ma - ry the La - dy of us all Re - joice for a - mong
wom - en you a - lone are blame - less and fair ho - ly ves-
- - - - sel which_ ac - cept - ed the di - vine in - ex-
haust - i - ble oint-ment poured o - ver you
Glo - ry to the Fa - ther and the Son and the Ho - ly
Spir - it
Pure and guile - less dove who brought___ forth the Lord of
mer - cy as an ol - ive branch Ev - er - vir -gin O re -
joice The boast of ev - ery de - vout mo - nas - tic saint re-
joice the crown of lau - rel of the mar - tyr ath - letes Re-
joice the di - vine______________ a - dorn-ment of the right- eous all
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and for us the__ be - liev - ers de - liv - er - ance
Both now and ev - er and to the a - ges_ of a-
ges A - men
Spare us O our God Your ve - ry in - her - i - tance__ by o-
ver - look - ing now all of our in - iq - ui - ties O Christ ac-
cept - ing for this the fer - vent__ prayers of her who
with - out seed__ con - ceived on earth and car - ried_ You who
in Your great mer - cy and Your love for man willed to take on__ the
form that was not Your own

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The Kontakion
1. O Champion General
(The Usual Concise Melody)
O Cham - pion Gen - eral I your Ci - ty now in-
q u rp o u otpo tq yu to vi kq
scribe______ to__ you Tri - um - phant an - thems as the
tq q pi i o u Iu tpu 0ri oo tuv ri
to - kens of my grat - i - tude Be - ing res - cued
vuv ru o pi otq q pi i o o vo ypo u
from the ter - - rors___ O The - o - to - kos In - as-
ooi q Ro o Ii i oou Or o to kr oII u
much as you have pow - er un - as - sail - a - ble
r ou oo to kpo to o po oo o q q tov
From all kinds of per - ils free me__ so____ that un - to you
rk ov toi uv r kiv u vuv r r Iru 0r pu oov
I may cry a - loud Re - joice___ O un - wed - ded Bride________
i vo kpo u u ooi Xoipr Nu u q o vu ru tr r r r
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(Long Melody Abridged)
Mode pl. 4. Nh.
O Cham - pion______________________________________
___________________ Gen - - - - - - - -
ral__________________________________ Cham - - - - -
pion _______________ Gen - - - - - ral_____
________________ I_____________ your______________ ci - -
I your ci - ty____ now_________ in - scribe__________ to____
you____________________________________________________________
Be - ing res - - - - - - - - - Be - ing
In - as - much____________________________________ In - as
From all kinds ____________________________________ From all
Tri - um - phant_____________________________________
___________________ an - - - - - - - -
thems________________________________ Tri - - um - -
phant_______________ an - - - - - thems___
________________ as_____________ the_______________ to - -
as the to - kens___ of___________ my gra - - ti -
tude____________________________________________________________
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res - cued_____________ from___________________________________________
much as______________ you___________________________________________
kinds of_______________ per - - - - - - - -



__ the__ ter - - - rors__ [O]The - o - to - -
__ have_ pow - - - er___ un - as - sail - -
__ ils___ free____________ me___ so that___ un - -



(o) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
(sail) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
(un) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -



The - - o - to - - - - kos_____________________
un - - as - sail - - a - ble _____________________
to_________ you un - - to___ you_____________________



(os) ____________________________________________________
(ble) ___________________________________________________
(you) ___________________________________________________
I may cry__________________________ a - loud_____________
_____ cry_______ a - loud________ Re- joice____________________
un - wed - - - ded________ Bride______________________________________
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3. O Champion General
(Condensed)
Mode pl. 4. Nh.
O Cham - pion Gen - - - - - - - - eral___________
____ I_____ your Ci - ty_______ now in - scribe__________ to___
____ you___________
Tri - um - phant an - - - - - - - - thems__________
____ as____ the to - kens_____ of my grat - - - i -
- - tude__________
Be - ing res - - cued________ from_______ the ter - -
- - rors O____ The - - - o - - to - - - kos
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In - as - much____________________ as________ you_____________

____ have___ pow - er________ un - as - sail - a - -
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From all kinds_____ of__________ per - - ils free____________
_____ me so that un - - - - - - - to__ you
I may cry_________ a - - - loud_______ Re -
joice___________________ O un - wed - ded_ Bride___________
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(The Ancient Long Melody)
Mode pl. 4. Nh.
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O Cham - - - - - - - - - - pi - on____
_________________ Gen - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - er - - al ____ _____________________
______________ I______________ your________ ci - - - - - -
ty_________________________________________ now__________ in -
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- - - - - - - ci - ty__ now in - - scribe_____
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I your ci - ty____ now________ in - scribe___ to you__________________
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Tri - um - phant___________________________________________________
_________________ an - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - thems__ as_______________
_______________ the_____________ as____ the to - - - - - -
kens_______________ the to - - - kens_ of___________ my______
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______________________________________ of my__ gra - ti - - tude______
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of_____ my_______ gra - - - ti - tude_______________________________
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Be - ing_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________ res -
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- - - Be - ing res - cued_____ from_________________________________
_____ the____________________________ ter - - - - - -
rors_________ from the ter - - - rors__ O The - o - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
The - - o - to - - - - - - The - o - - to -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
The - - - o - to - kos_____________________
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In - as - much_________________________________________________________
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_________ in - as - much as______ you________________________________
_____ have__________________________ pow - - - - - -
- - - er pow - - - er___ un - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - un - -
as - sail - - - un - as - sail - a - - ble____ un - -
- - - - as - - - - sail - - un - - - as -
sail - a - - ble__________________________
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From all ________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________ kinds___
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- - ils__________ free____________ me________________________________
__________ free____________ me___ so______________________________
____________________________________________________ so__________
that__ un - - - - - - un - to_____ you___________________
_____________________________________________ you________ so_________
that un - to________ you__________________________
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I may cry___________________________________________________________
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_________ a - - loud_____ I may cry a - loud_ Re -
- - - - - - - - - joice________ re - - joice___
_______________________ O________________________________________
__________________ un - wed - - - - - - - ded___________
____________________ Bride________________________ O_____________ un -
wed - ded___________ Bride______________________________________________
_________________________________________ Bride_________________________
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1. Mode pl. 4. Nh.
Re - joice________________ O un - wed - - ded________
Bride__________________________________
Al - le - lu - - - - - - i ne Al - le - lu -
- - i - - a_____________________________________
2. Mode pl. 4. Nh.
Re - joice___________________________ O___________ un -
wed - - ded___________ Bride____________________________________
__________________________________________
Al - le - lu - - - - - - - i - - ne
Al - le - lu - - - i - - a__________________________
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Re - joice____________ O un - wed - - - ded___________
Bride______________________________________________________________
Al - le - lu - - - i Al - le - lu - - - i -
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4. Mode pl. 1.
Re - joice___________________ O un - wed - - - ded____
_____ Bride___________________________________________________________
Al - le - lu - - - - - i Al - le - lu - - - i -
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Re - - - joice_______________ O un - wed -
Al - le - - lu - i - - a Al - le -
- - ded___________ Bride___________________________________________
u - i - - a______________________________________________
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6. Mode pl. 1. Pa.
Re - joice___________________________ Re - joice un-
Al - le - lu - - - - - i - a ne Al - le-
wed - - ded________ Bride____________________________________________
lu - - i - - a______________________________________________
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Re - joice___________________ Re - joice un - wed - - ded___
________ Bride___________________________________________________________
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Al - le - lu - - i - - a ne Al - le - lu -
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8. Grave Mode
Re - - - joice_________ Re - joice____________________
Al - - - - - - le - lu - - - - -
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i - - - Al - le - lu - - - i - - a________________
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(Long Melody)
Re - - - joice__________________________ O_________
_____ un - wed - ded___________ Bride____________________________________
______________________________________________ Bride___________________
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Al - - le - lu - - - - - - - i Al -
le - lu - i - - - a_____________________________________________
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O Champion General
Mode pl. 4. (The usual melody)
O Cham - pion Gen - eral I your Ci - ty now in-
q u rp o u otpo tq yu to vi kq
scribe______ to__ you Tri - um - phant an - thems as the
tq q pi i o u Iu tpu 0ri oo tuv ri
to - kens of my grat - i - tude Be - ing res - cued
vuv ru o pi otq q pi i o o vo ypo u
from the ter - - rors___ O The - o - to - kos In - as-
ooi q Ro o Ii i oou Or o to kr oII u
much as you have pow - er un - as - sail - a - ble
r ou oo to kpo to o po oo o q q tov
From all kinds of per - ils free me__ so____ that un - to you
rk ov toi uv r kiv u vuv r r Iru 0r pu oov
I may cry a - loud Re - joice___ O un - wed - ded Bride________
i vo kpo u u ooi Xoipr Nu u q o vu ru tr r r r
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Seeing How Beautiful
Mode 3. Ga.
See - ing how beau - ti - ful____________ was your vir- gin -
i - ty and how your pu - ri - ty___________ shone forth re-splen-
- dent - ly a -mazed was Ga - bri -el who cried to you____
thus O The- o - to - kos What shall I pre - sent________ to you____
________ as a wor - thy en - co - mi - um What shall I
ad - dress you_ as At a loss____ and per- plexed am I And
there - fore as or - dered I cry out to you Re - joice______
O Maid - en full of grace_________