1. When morning gilds the skies,
My heart awakening cries,
May Jesus Christ be praised.
Alike at work and prayer
To Jesus I repair;
May Jesus Christ be praised.

2. My tongue shall never tire
Of chanting with the choir
May Jesus Christ be praised.
This song of sacred joy,
It never seems to cloy;
May Jesus Christ be praised.

3. Does sadness fill my mind?
A solace here I find.
May Jesus Christ be praised.
Or fades my earthly bliss?
My comfort still is this.
May Jesus Christ be praised.

4. The night becomes as day,
When from the heart we say
May Jesus Christ be praised.
The pow’rs of darkness fear
When this sweet chant they hear,
May Jesus Christ be praised.

5. In Heaven’s eternal bliss
The loveliest strain is this:
May Jesus Christ be praised.
Let earth, and sea, and sky
From depth to height reply,
May Jesus Christ be praised.

6. Be this, while life is mine,
My canticle divine,
May Jesus Christ be praised.
Be this th’ eternal song,
Through all the ages on:
May Jesus Christ be praised.