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"O Come, All Ye Faithful"
       
     
"O Come, All Ye Faithful"
 


"O Come, All Ye Faithful" Lyrics, Text Format

Old English Christmas carol with intermediate intervals and range.

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Description
 
  • Grade: Fourth

  • Origin: England - John F. Wade, 1751

  • Key: G Major

  • Time: 4/4

  • Form: AB, verse/refrain

  • Rhythm: beginners: | ta/a ta ta | ta/a ta/a |
    | ta ta ta ta | ta/a ta/ ti | syncopation

  • Pitches: intermediate: So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa So

  • Intervals: intermediate: Do\So/Do, Re\So, So/Mi, Mi\Ti, So/So (dominate octave skip), Mi\Do, Re\Ti, Do/Fa

  • Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: quarter; vocal slur, pickup beat

  • Key Words: world geography: England, Bethlehem; languages: English, Latin; sacred, birth of Jesus, 18th century, faithful, triumphant, King, angels, God, exultation, citizens, heaven, Lord, appearing, adore; old English: ye (you), yea (yes); abbreviation: giv'n (given)

  • Recorder: intermediate: playing in G major, introducing F#

  
 

"O Come, All Ye Faithful"
       
 
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:
  
    Refrain:  
    O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
Christ the Lord.		  
 
2.
 Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation,
Sing, all ye citizens of Heaven above;
Glory to God, in the highest;		  
    Refrain  
  3. Yea, Lord, we greet thee, born this happy morning;
Jesus, to thee be all glory giv'n
Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing!		  
    Refrain  
 
LATIN
  
  4. Adeste fideles læti triumphantes,
Venite, venite in Bethlehem.
Natum videte,
Regem angelorum;		  
    Refrain:  
    Venite adoremus,
Venite adoremus,
Venite adoremus,
Dominum.		  


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