For Christmas
Version 3: I Know a Rose Tree Springing
Words: Es ist ein Reis entsprungen, 15th Century German carol,
Translator Unknown
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Music: Es Ist Ein Ros, Anonymous, 16th Century
(Arr. by Michael Praetorius, 1609)
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Meter: 76 76 676
1. I know a Rose tree springing
Forth from an ancient root
As men of old we singing
From Jesse came the shoot
That bore a blossom bright
A-mid the cold of winter
When half spent was the night
2. This rose-tree, blossom laden
Whereof Isaiah spake
Is Mary, spotless maiden1
Who mothered, for our sake
The little Child, newborn
By God's eternal counsel
On that first Christmas morn
1. Or: Is Mary, peerless maiden. Return
