O Come, All Ye Faithful

O Come, All Ye Faithful / Ye Faithful, Approach YeOriginal Translation - 1852

[Verse 1]
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

[Verse 2]
God of God, light of light
Lo, he abhors not the Virgin's womb
Very God, begotten, not created:
O come, let us adore Him
O come, let us adore Him
O come, let us adore Him
Christ the Lord

[Verse 3]
Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation
Sing, all ye citizens of Heaven 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

[Verse 4]
Yea, Lord, we greet thee, born this happy morning
Jesus, to thee be glory given!
Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing!
O come, let us adore Him
O come, let us adore Him
O come, let us adore Him
Christ the Lord

Additional Verses

[Verse 5]
Lo! The flock abandoned, the summoned shepherds
Hurry lowly to the cradle:
May we too make haste with exultant gait!
O come, let us adore Him
O come, let us adore Him
O come, let us adore Him
Christ the Lord

[Verse 6]
A star leading, the Magi, worshipping Christ
Give gifts: gold, frankincense, myrrh
May we proffer our hearts to the infant Christ!
O come, let us adore Him
O come, let us adore Him
O come, let us adore Him
Christ the Lord

[Verse 7]
We shall see the eternal splendour
Of the eternal father, veiled in flesh
The infant God wrapped in cloths
O come, let us adore Him
O come, let us adore Him
O come, let us adore Him
Christ the Lord

[Verse 8]
May we warm him, needy and lying on hay
With our pious embraces:
Who does not love him who loves us thus?
O come, let us adore Him
O come, let us adore Him
O come, let us adore Him
Christ the Lord

[Verse 9]
Sing now choir of angels hymns!
Sing now halls of the heavenly!
Glory to God in the highest!
O come, let us adore Him
O come, let us adore Him
O come, let us adore Him
Christ the Lord