Music: "Hyfrydol" by Rowland Huw Prichard, 1830
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Meter: 87 87 D

1. Come, Thou long-expected Jesus,¹
Born to set Thy people free;
From our fears and sins release us,
Let us find our rest in Thee.²

2. Israel's strength and consolation,
Hope of all the earth Thou art;
Dear desire of every nation,
Joy of every longing heart.

3. Born Thy people to deliver,
Born a child, and yet a King,
Born to reign in us for ever,
Now thy gracious kingdom bring.

4. By Thine³ own eternal Spirit,
Rule in all our hearts alone:
By Thine all-sufficient merit,
Raise us to Thy glorious throne. Amen.

Notes

1. Or: Come, O Long-Expected Jesus or Hail, thou long-expected Jesus. Return

2. Or: By your death on Calvary. Return

3. Or: your. Return

Sheet Music by G. P. Root from John Clark Hollister, ed., The Sunday-School Service and Tune Book (New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1863, 1865), #1, p. 15.

Sheet Music "Cross of Jesus" by Sir John Stainer from Sir John Stainer, ed., The Church Hymnary (Edinburgh: Henry Frowde, 1902), #230.

Editor's Note:

Instrumental sheet music to this and 12 other carols may be downloaded from Sally DeFord Music, http://www.defordmusic.com/carolsforpiano.htm (site accessed September 30, 2006). An MP3 of this arrangement is also available at that page.

There are numerous 87 87 D tunes that have been associated with this hymn over the centuries, including:

• Bergen

• Bilston

• Clevedon

• Cross of Jesus

• Emmanuel

• Expectation

• Frankfort

• Halton Holgate

• Hyfrydol

• Jefferson

• Love Divine

• Rathbun

• St. Andrew (Thorne)

• St. Hilary

• St. Nicholas

• Stuttgart

• Wilson