Christmas

O Come, All Ye Faithful

Words:
John F. Wade, circa 1743. v.1-3, 6 Translated by Frederick Oakeley, 1841;
Music:
'Adeste Fideles' or 'Portuguese Hymn' John F. Wade, 1743.
Setting:
"A Hymnal" (Episcopal), 1916.
  1. 1O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant,O come ye,O come ye, to Bethlehem.Come and behold Him, born the King of angels;O come, let us adore Him,O come, let us adore Him,O come, let us adore Him,Christ the Lord.
  2. 2True God of true God,Light from Light Eternal,Lo, He shuns not the Virgin's womb;Son of the Father, begotten, not created;O come, let us adore Him,O come, let us adore Him,O come, let us adore Him,Christ the Lord.
  3. 3Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation;O sing, all ye citizens of heav'n above!Glory to God, glory in the highest;O come, let us adore Him,O come, let us adore Him,O come, let us adore Him,Christ the Lord.
  4. 4See how the shepherds, summoned to His cradle,Leaving their flocks, draw nigh to gaze;We too will thither bend our joyful footsteps;O come, let us adore Him,O come, let us adore Him,O come, let us adore Him,Christ the Lord.
  5. 5Lo! star led chieftains,Magi, Christ adoring,Offer Him incense, gold, and myrrh;We to the Christ Child bring our hearts' oblations.O come, let us adore Him,O come, let us adore Him,O come, let us adore Him,Christ the Lord.
  6. 6Child, for us sinners poor and in the manger,We would embrace Thee, with love and awe;Who would not love Thee, loving us so dearly?
  7. 7Yea, Lord, we greet Thee, born this happy morning;Jesus, to Thee be glory given;Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing.
  8. 8Adeste, fideles, laeti triumphantes;Venite, venite in Bethlehem.Natum videte Regem angelorum.Venite adoremus, venite adoremus,Venite adoremus, Dominum.

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  • Written in 1841, the words are in 868 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
  • The tune, Adeste Fideles, is in 1,693 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. Further sheet music is from PDHymns.com. 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.

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