♪ Music Book Companion

Song 23 in The Christmas Songbook

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

Also known as: Veni Emmanuel, Veni, veni, Emmanuel

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For The Christmas Songbook (piano edition).

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Ukulele

For The Christmas Songbook (ukulele edition).

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Guitar

For The Christmas Songbook (guitar edition).

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Kalimba

For The Christmas Songbook (kalimba edition).

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Recorder

For The Christmas Songbook (recorder edition).

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All the words

  1. O come, O come, Emmanuel,
    And ransom captive Israel;
    That mourns in lonely exile here,
    Until the Son of God appear.
    Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
    Shall come to thee, O Israel!

  2. O come, Thou Rod of Jesse, free
    Thine own from Satan’s tyranny;
    From depths of hell Thy people save,
    And give them victory o’er the grave.
    Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
    Shall come to thee, O Israel!

  3. O come, Thou Day-Spring, come and cheer
    Our spirits by Thine Advent here;
    Disperse the gloomy clouds of night,
    And death’s dark shadows put to flight.
    Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
    Shall come to thee, O Israel!

  4. O come, Thou Key of David, come
    And open wide our heavenly home;
    Make safe the way that leads on high,
    And close the path to misery.
    Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
    Shall come to thee, O Israel!

  5. O come, O come, Thou Lord of Might
    Who to Thy tribes, on Sinai’s height,
    In ancient times didst give the law,
    In cloud, and majesty, and awe.
    Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
    Shall come to thee, O Israel!

About this song

Music
Tune VENI EMMANUEL, 15th-century French processional, adapted by Thomas Helmore (1811–1890)
Words
Latin antiphons (12th century); English translation John Mason Neale (1818–1866), as revised in Hymns Ancient and Modern (1861)
First published
Tune 1856 (Helmore, The Hymnal Noted, Part II); Neale's translation 1851, this revised form 1861 (Hymns Ancient and Modern)
Copyright
Public domain in the US, UK and EU. The arrangement and recordings belong to the book.

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