The Hymns and Carols of Christmas

Puer Natus in Bethlehem

For Christmas

Words: Latin, Probably of the XVth Century

Music: Melody, 1543
MIDI / Noteworthy Composer / XML

Mixed Setting for Choir from Bruno Antonio Buike, Neuss/Germany
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Source: J. H. Hopkins, ed., Great Hymns of the Church Compiled by the Late Right Reverend John Freeman Young (New York: James Pott & Company, 1887), # 57, p. 89.

1. Puer natus in Bethlehem, Alleluia.
Unde gaudet Jerusalem. Alleluia.

2. Hic jacet in præsepio, Alleluia.
Qui regnat sine termino. Alleluia.

3. Cognovit bos et asinus, Alleluia.
Quod puer erat Dominus. Alleluia.

4. Reges de Sabâ veniunt, Alleluia.
Aurum, thus, myrrhum offerunt. Alleluia.

5. Intrantes domum invicem, Alleluia.
Novum salutant principem. Alleluia.

6. De matre natus virgine, Alleluia.
Sine virili semine; Alleluia.

7. Sine serpentis vulnere, Alleluia.
De nostro venit sanguine; Alleluia.

8. In carne nobis similis, Alleluia.
Peccato sed dissimilis; Alleluia.

9. Ut redderet nos homines, Alleluia.
Deo et sibi similes. Alleluia.

10. In hoc natali gaudio, Alleluia.
Benedicamus Domino: Alleluia.

11. Laudetur sancta Trinitas, Alleluia.
Deo dicamus gratias. Alleluia.

English Translations include:

A Babe is Born in Bethlehem - Version 1: Krauth Translation

A Babe is Born in Bethlehem - Version 2: Schaff Translation

A Boy is Born in Bethlehem  - Translator Unknown

A Child is Born in Bethlehem - Version 1 :Translator Unknown

A Child is Born in Bethlehem - Version 2: MacGill Translation

A Child is Born in Bethlehem - Version 3: Translation from Danish (Translation by Grundtvig) Into English; Translator Unknown

Et Barn Er Født I Betlehem - Grundtvig Translation From Latin Into Danish

The Child Is Born In Bethlehem - Translator Not Stated

Sheet Music and Text from J. H. Hopkins, ed., Great Hymns of the Church Compiled by the Late Right Reverend John Freeman Young (New York: James Pott & Company, 1887), # 57, p. 89.

"Original Melody.
Harmony altered from
Dr. Layriz"

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