O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL (Adeste Fidelis)
(French, 18th Century /
Translated from Latin into English by Frederick Oakley in 1841)
Bobby Darin - 1960
Nat King Cole - 1963
Ray Price - 1969
Anne Murray - 1970
Elvis Presley - 1971
Engelbert Humperdinck - 1980
Boney M - 1986
Also recorded by: Johnny Cash; Jerry Vale; Jeannie Seeley; Joni James;
Kings College Choir; Jim Nabors; B.J. Thomas; London Festival Choir;
Mantovani; Texas Boys Choir; Robert Goulet; Kenny Rogers; Perry Como;
Scarlet Rivera; Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
REFRAIN:
O 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!
God of God,
Light of Light,
Lo! He abhors not the Virgin's womb;
Very God,
Begotten, not created.
Refrain
See how the shepherds
Summoned to His cradle,
Leaving their flocks, draw nigh to gaze!
We, too, will thither
Bend our hearts' oblations.
Refrain
Lo, star-led chieftains,
Magi, Christ adoring,
Offer Him incense, gold and myrrh;
We to the Christ-child
Bring our hearts' oblations
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Child, for us sinners,
Poor and in the manger,
Fain we embrace Thee with love and awe;
Who would not love Thee,
Loving us so dearly?
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Sing, choirs of angels,
Sing in exultation,
O sing, all ye citizens of heaven above!
"Glory to God,
In the highest!"
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Yea, Lord, we greet Thee,
Born this happy morning,
Jesus, to Thee be all glory given;
Word of the Father,
Now in flesh appearing!
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HERBEI, O IHR GLÄUBIGEN (O Come All Ye Faithful)
Herbei, O ihr Gläubigen, fröhlich triumphierend,
O kommet, O kommet nach Bethlehem!
Sehet das Kindlein uns zum Heil geboren!
O laßet uns anbeten, O laßet uns anbeten,
O laßet uns anbeten den König!
Du König der Ehren, du Herrscher der Heerscharen,
Verschmähst nicht zu ruhn in Marien Schoß.
Du wahrer Gott, von Ewigkeit geboren!
O laßet uns anbeten, O laßet uns anbeten,
O laßet uns anbeten den König!
Kommt, singt dem Herren, O singt ihm Engelschöre,
Frohlocket, frohlocket, ihr Seligen:
Ehre sei Gott im Himmel und auf Erden!
O laßet uns anbeten, O laßet uns anbeten,
O laßet uns anbeten den König!
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