If there is one Christmas tune I love, it would be this one. I think of it all year until I get to play it once again (and not feel silly):
- O come, O come, Emmanuel,
- and ransom captive Israel,
- that mourns in lonely exile here
- until the Son of God appear.
- R: Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel,
- shall come to thee o Israel!
- O come, Thou Wisdom, from on high,
- and order all things far and nigh;
- to us the path of knowledge show,
- and teach us in her ways to go. R.
- O come, o come, Thou Lord of might,
- who to thy tribes on Sinai's height
- in ancient times did give the law,
- in cloud, and majesty, and awe. R.
- O come, Thou Rod of Jesse's stem,
- from ev'ry foe deliver them
- that trust Thy mighty power to save,
- and give them vict'ry o'er the grave. R.
- O come, Thou Key of David, come,
- and open wide our heav'nly home,
- make safe the way that leads on high,
- that we no more have cause to sigh. R.
- O come, Thou Dayspring from on high,
- and cheer us by thy drawing nigh;
- disperse the gloomy clouds of night
- and death's dark shadow put to flight. R.
- O come, Desire of the nations, bind
- in one the hearts of all mankind;
- bid every strife and quarrel cease
- and fill the world with heaven's peace. R.[5]
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