LYRICS
| Meter: | 10 10 10 10 and refrain
| Writer(s): | Traditional Carol
| Transl/Adapt: |
| Dates: | 19 cent
| Bible Refs: | Lk 2:7
| Presbyterian Hymn Book
| 1990
| 57
| The Hymnal 1940
| 1940
| 41
| The Hymnal 1982
| 1982
| 110
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MUSIC
| Name: | VENITE ADOREMUS
| | Meter: | 10 10 10 10 and refrain
| | Writer(s): | Traditional Carol
| | Dates: |
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| 1. The snow lay on the ground,
The stars shone bright,
When Christ our Lord was born
On Christmas night.
Venite adoremus Dominum;
Venite adoremus Dominum.
Refrain.
Venite adoremus Dominum;
Venite adoremus Dominum;
Venite adoremus Dominum;
Venite adoremus Dominum;
2. ’Twas Mary, daughter pure
Of holy Anne,
That brought into this world
The God made man.
She laid Him in a stall
At Bethlehem;
The ass and oxen shared
The roof with them.
Refrain.
Venite adoremus Dominum;
Venite adoremus Dominum;
Venite adoremus Dominum;
Venite adoremus Dominum;
3. Saint Joseph, too, was by
To tend the Child;
To guard him, and protect
His mother mild;
The angels hovered round,
And sung this song,
Venite adoremus Dominum.
Refrain.
Venite adoremus Dominum;
Venite adoremus Dominum;
Venite adoremus Dominum;
Venite adoremus Dominum;
4. And thus that manger poor
Became a throne;
For He Whom Mary bore
Was God the Son.
O come, then, let us join
The heav’nly host,
To praise the Father, Son,
And Holy Ghost.
Refrain.
Venite adoremus Dominum;
Venite adoremus Dominum;
Venite adoremus Dominum;
Venite adoremus Dominum;
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