 Neale's hymn appears as Number 86 in "Hymns Ancient & Modern" in a version with six stanzas, using the first four lines as the refrain, which is repeated between each stanza.The original Latin stanzas were more numerous, but
although they were translated by Neale, many are not sung nowadays, including one which was omitted for "evident reasons", the first two lines reading "Be Thou, O Lord, the Rider,/ And we the little ass;".The hymn's principal theme is praising Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem, as evident in the refrain, and it is usually sung for Palm Sunday.