Tell me why

The phrase "Tell me why" resonates through 2 hymns, touching hearts across generations.

“Tell me why”· 2 hymns found
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Tell me now, to cheer the road,
Rocks are rend­ing at the sight!

Tell me why

Quitted His di­vine abode.
What can all these won­ders be?

While to Bethlehem We Are Going

Lyricist: Violante do Céu (1601–1693)
Composer: Scott Werdebaugh
Hymn 1

...Tell me now, to cheer the road,

Tell me why this love­ly In­fant

Quitted His di­vine abode....

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Tell me now, to cheer the road,

Tell me why this love­ly In­fant

Quitted His di­vine abode.

While to Bethlehem We Are Going

Lo, at Noon ’Tis Sudden Night

Lyricist: Jane Taylor, 1810
Composer: John Deane, 1901
Hymn 2

...Rocks are rend­ing at the sight!

Children, can you tell me why?

What can all these won­ders be?...

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Rocks are rend­ing at the sight!

Children, can you tell me why?

What can all these won­ders be?

Lo, at Noon ’Tis Sudden Night

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