Advent
Gabriel's Message
- Words:
- Traditional Basque Carol; Paraphrased by Sabine Baring Gould, (1834-1924).
- Music:
- 'Gabriel`s Message' Traditional Basque Carol.
- Setting:
- Edgar Pettman, 1922.
- Metre:
- 10 10 12 7 3
- 1The angel Gabriel from heaven came, his wings as drifted snow, his eyes as flame;"All hail," said he, "thou lowly maiden,Mary, most highly favored lady,"Gloria!
- 2"For know a blessed Mother thou shalt be,all generations laud and honor thee,thy Son shall be Emmanuel, by seers foretold,most highly favored lady,"Gloria!
- 3Then gentle Mary meekly bowed her head,"To me be as it pleaseth God," she said,"my soul shall laud and magnify His holy Name."most highly favored lady,"Gloria!
- 4Of her, Emmanuel, the Christ was bornin Bethlehem, all on a Christmas morn,and Christian folk throughout the world will ever saymost highly favored lady,"Gloria!
Scripture
Topics
In the hymnals
- The words are in 42 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
- The tune, Gabriel`s Message, is in 44 hymnals. The tune →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project (Brian J. Dumont), which places its own work in the public domain. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.