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Spiritual songs > Hymns of the Liturgical Year > Palm Sunday

O Son of David

Current version

Here is the version in the Byzantine Catholic Hymnal (2007), slightly cleaned up for capitalization:

This hymn for Palm Sunday comes from the Sister Servants of Mary in Canada; the English translation is credited to Cantor George Sabol.

Discussion

This hymn is well-known and widely sung.

The only weak spot I see is the line "with palms and branches, flow'rs in their hands." I am guessing that "flowers" was placed here to include the Slavonic designation "Flowery Sunday" along with "Palm Sunday" (see the discussion here).

Would anyone object to removing "flowers" - "with palms and branches in their hands"?

--> Changed. Cantor Joe Ferenchick pointed out that this is how it was sung for many years by the choir of Holy Ghost Byzantine Catholic Church in Philadelphia.

Thoughts or suggestions?

Please leave a comment on this blog entry: Songs for Palm Sunday..