O Come! Come Thou Emmanuel!

For Advent

Words: Veni, Veni, Emanuel (the "O" Antiphons),
Authorship Unknown, 8th Century Latin;
Published As A Hymn in Psalteriolum Cantionum Catholicarum, 7^th Edition, Köln, 1710.

Translator: Unknown

Music: "Veni Emmanuel," Based on a 15^th Century French Processional,
Arranged by Rev. Thomas Helmore  and harmonized by Rev. S. S. Greatheed in
Hymnal Noted, Part II (London: 1856)
and
Accompanying Harmonies to the Hymnal Noted-Part II (London: 1858)
MIDI / Noteworthy Composer / PDF / XML
Melody Only: MIDI / Noteworthy Composer / PDF / XML

Meter: 88 88 88

See: Notes on Veni, Veni, Emmanuel

Compare: O Come, Come Thou, Emmanuel from Chope, Congregational Hymn and Tune Book (1862)

Words: John David Chambers, Lauda Syon: Ancient Latin Hymns (London: J. Masters, 1857, 1866), pp. 67-68.

At Vespers the Last Week in Advent

1. O Come! Come Thou Emmanuel!
Redeem Thy captive Israel,
Who sad and exiled and forlorn,
Doth her long absent Saviour mourn;
Joy! Joy! now shall Emmanuel
Be born for thee, O Israel!

2. Come, Branch of Jesse! and bring rest
Unto the prisoners and oppressed;
From Hell's abyss, and lurid shore,
And from the gulf, Thine own restore!
Joy! Joy! now shall Emmanuel
Be born for thee, O Israel!

3. Come Orient! come! serene and clear,
Our spirits by thine Advent cheer;
The gloomy shades of night disperse,
And heal the dark primeval curse;
Joy! Joy! now shall Emmanuel
Be born for thee, O Israel!

4. Come Key of David! and in might
Unclose the heavenly realms of light;
Our path unto the skies make plain,
And shut the gates of Death's domain
Joy! Joy! now shall Emmanuel
Be born for thee, O Israel!

5. O come, come now, Adonai!
Who to Thy flock in Sinai
Didst erst Thy Law in clouds of flame,
And Glorious Majesty proclaim;
Joy! Joy! now shall Emmanuel
Be born for thee, O Israel!

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