Joyful Joyful

Also known as ‘Beethoven Goes Joyful Joyful’, this song is an arrangement of the 1907 song ‘Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee’, written by Henry J. van Dyke and the ‘Hymn to Joy’, composed by Ludwig van Beethoven.

The song was performed by the Angels In Harlem Gospel Choir during the Night Of The Proms in 2008 with Kim Wilde rapping a verse.


Lyrics

Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee,
God of glory, Lord of love;
Hearts unfold like flow’rs before Thee,
Op’ning to the sun above.

Melt the clouds of sin and sadness
Drive the dark of doubt away
Giver of immortal gladness
Fill us with the light of day!

Get up, get up, get up
Get up, get up, get up
Get up, get up, get up

Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee,
God of glory, Lord of love;
Hearts unfold like flow’rs before Thee,
Op’ning to the sun above.
Melt the clouds of sin and sadness
Drive the dark of doubt away
Giver of immortal gladness
Fill us with the light of day!