# Easter Songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 31, 2010, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-songs/534505 "2010-03-31T22:41:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-songs/534505/1 "2010-03-31T22:41:56Z")
While there’s no shortage of Christmas songs, I was wondering about Easter songs? Off hand I can only think of two _Easter Parade_ and _Here Comes Peter Cottontail_ Any others you can think of? ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-songs/534505/2 "2010-03-31T22:55:11Z")
I assume you’re not looking for anything religious. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-songs/534505/3 "2010-04-01T02:14:36Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > I assume you’re not looking for anything religious. Any Easter songs. Are there any hymns that relate to Easter? I’m not that up to date on hymns ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-songs/534505/4 "2010-04-01T02:20:14Z")
Up From the Grave He Arose is the classic Easter hymn in my church. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-songs/534505/5 "2010-04-01T03:50:24Z")
The ones that I recall the best from my days as a church organist and choir member (RC) are _Jesus Christ is Risen Today_ and the various Easter _Alleluia_s. I always liked the _alleluias_ because after the somber season of Lent (when they are not used), they were vibrant and triumphant. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-songs/534505/6 "2010-04-01T05:46:15Z")
The Bunny Hop? ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-songs/534505/7 "2010-04-01T06:07:17Z")
> [@Markxxx](#): > > Are there any hymns that relate to Easter? A few zillion or so. [Here’s one list.](http://www.oremus.org/hymnal/easter.html) Handel’s _Messiah_ is actually Easter music, though nowadays more often performed around Christmas. There are few non-religious Easter songs that I know of except for [children’s songs](http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems15.html). > [@](#): > > Chocolate Easter bunny > In a jelly bean nest, > I’m saving you for very last > Because I love you best. > I’ll only take a nibble > From the tip of your ear > And one bite from the other side > So that you won’t look queer. > Yum, your’e so delicious! > I didn’t mean to eat > Your chocolate tail till Tuesday. > Ooops! There go your feet! ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-songs/534505/8 "2010-04-01T06:32:45Z")
I am partial to the Diamanda Galas version of _Were You There When They Crucified My Lord._ ---
**Author:** ![Rafe\_Hollister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@Rafe\_Hollister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rafe_Hollister)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-songs/534505/9 "2010-04-01T12:28:48Z")
[Johnny Cash & the Carters-Were You There](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ1wtcx7UrI) Although the events of Easter are not a theme in any of these, I think most of what the Cox Family does will fit nicely. [Will There Be Any Stars](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_bhr3oIkF0) [Far Side Banks of Jordan](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwxL9ekKtbU) [I Know Who Holds Tomorrow](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWKZVbG9egQ&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-songs/534505/10 "2010-04-01T12:47:34Z")
I don’t think that this really qualifies, but there’s _East At Easter_ by Simple Minds. ---
**Author:** ![Boulter\_s\_Canary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Boulter\_s\_Canary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boulter_s_Canary)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-songs/534505/11 "2010-04-01T13:04:14Z")
\*\*The Easter Tree Dave Goulder\*\* Rain falls upon the Easter Tree, the squirrel shakes his head And shivers in his red and sodden fur The wind and water flatten out his ears and force his streaming eyes to close The smell of death is heavy in his nose [[SHORTENED EXCERPT - SEE MORE AT [http://www.davegoulder.co.uk/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=5](http://www.davegoulder.co.uk/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=5)]] ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-songs/534505/12 "2010-04-01T14:57:50Z")
I can’t find a link but one that I remember hearing as a kid was My Bunny and My Sister Sue, by Kay Twomey. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-songs/534505/13 "2010-04-01T15:27:58Z")
Jesus Christ Superstar 😃 ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-songs/534505/14 "2010-04-01T16:49:35Z")
Oh man, I can’t believe I found these lyrics. I have searched for years and years. Now if only I could find the actual song. I used to listen to this song over and over and over around Easter time and every year I would beg my mother to make me a marshmallow bunny just like the one described in the song. And every year since I’ve thought about this song and thought about making one myself. "T’was many and many a spring time ago, I waited so long for the animal show. To buy me a bunny, I’d saved up for weeks! But, I woke up with measles all over my cheeks. “Don’t fuss and don’t fidget,” my grandmother said, “I’ll make you a marshmallow bunny, instead.” [[SHORTENED LYRICS]] [the rest here.](http://www.myotaku.com/users/princessaranel/life/) ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Boods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Ms\_Boods](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Boods)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-songs/534505/15 "2010-04-01T17:25:54Z")
An affirmative answer from the alternative universe of the Grimleys: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/oXqGXBBp2JA/hqdefault.jpg "How the song "Merry Xmas Everybody" might have ended up") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXqGXBBp2JA) ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-songs/534505/16 "2010-04-01T17:38:48Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Jesus Christ Superstar 😃 Not bad- also Godspell. From the Golden Age of Jesus Rock… 2nd Chapter of Acts’ “Easter Song” [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5gggPpVtEKQ/hqdefault.jpg "2nd Chapter Of Acts Easter Song") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gggPpVtEKQ) Don Franscisco’s “He’s Alive” [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VbSnk1R31vg/hqdefault.jpg "He's Alive - Christian Music") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbSnk1R31vg) Hymn-wise- Charles Wesley’s “Christ the Lord Is Risen Today” ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/oWMe4afA2c8/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/oWMe4afA2c8?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque “He Arose” (I like this version because she started out rough but did a good job & she’s also cute) ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Hs1XCRuM-rE/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/Hs1XCRuM-rE?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque ---
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-songs/534505/17 "2010-04-01T17:47:38Z")
…And then there’s [Easter](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8ZhN_qoI1s) by **Marillion**. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-songs/534505/18 "2010-04-01T17:52:54Z")
I danced in the morning when the world was begun, And I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun, And I came down from heaven and I danced on the earth, At Bethlehem I had my birth. Refrain [[LYRICS SHORTENED - SEE MORE AT [Gather Comprehensive 708. I danced in the morning when the world was begun | Hymnary.org](http://www.hymnary.org/hymn/GATHER/708)]]] ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-songs/534505/19 "2010-04-01T19:03:50Z")
The closest I can think of is the perenial Passover classic, Creeping Death by Metallica. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-songs/534505/20 "2010-04-01T19:36:02Z")
> [@](#): > > Handel’s Messiah is actually Easter music, though nowadays more often performed around Christmas. Well, mostly Easter, at least. A few of the songs (Unto Us a Child is Born, for instance) really do fit Christmas more. But it’s frankly a bit silly to ask if there are any Easter hymns. Easter is the pivotal event in Christianity, and by far the most important holiday. Church services are on Sundays, because that was the day of Easter: There’s effectively a mini-Easter every week. _Most_ Christian hymns can, in fact, be considered Easter songs. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-songs/534505.md?page=2)