O come, O come, EmmanuelO come, O come Emmanuel!
Redeem thy captive Israel,
That into exile drear is gone
Far from the face of God's dear Son.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.
Of the Father's heart begottenOf the Father's heart begotten
Ere the world from chaos rose,
He is Alpha: from that Fountain,
All that is and hath been flows;
He is Omega, of all things
Yet to come the mystic Close,
Evermore and evermore.
Sweet was the SongSweet was the song the Virgin sang
When she to Bethlem Judah came,
And was delivered of a son
That blessed Jesus hath to name.
Lullaby, sweet babe sang she,
And rocked him sweetly on her knee.
The Blessed Son of GodThe blessed Son of God only
In a crib full poor did lie;
With our poor flesh and our poor blood
Was clothed that everlasting good.
Kyrie eleison. (Lord have mercy)
The Lord Christ Jesu, God's son dear,
Was a guest and a stranger here;
The truth from aboveThis is the truth sent from above,
The truth of God, the God of love:
Therefore don't turn me from your door,
But hearken all, both rich and poor.
The firt thing which I do relate
Is that God did man create,
The next thing which to you I'll tell,
Tomorrow shall be my dancing dayTomorrow shall be my dancing day:
I would my true love did so chance
To see the legend of my play,
To call my true love to my dance:
Sing O my love, O my love, my love, my love;
This have I done for my true love.
View me, LordView me,Lord, a work of Thine:
Shall I then lie drown'd in night?
Might Thy grace in me but shine,
I should seem made all of light.
Cleanse me,Lord, that I may kneel
At Thine altar pure and white:
They that once Thy mercies feel,