O Come, All Ye Faithful - lyrics
O Come, All Ye Faithful
1. O come, all ye faithful. joyful and triumphant, O come ye, O come ye, to Bethlehem. Come and behold him, born the Kind of angels;
Refrain
O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord.
2. True God of true God, Light from Light Eternal, lo, he shuns not the Virgin’s womb; Son of the Father, begotten,not created;
Refrain
O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord.
3. Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation; O sing, all ye citizens of heaven above! Glory to God, all glory in the highest;
Refrain
O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord.
4. See how the shepherds, summoned to his cradle, leaving their flocks, draw nigh to gaze; we too will thither bend our joyful footsteps;
Refrain
O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord.
Words: John F. Wade,ca. 1743; trans. by Frederick Oakley, 1841, and others
Music: John F. Wade, ca. 1743; harm. from Collections of Motetts or Antiphons, 1792
