Salvator mundi, Domine
Alternate Title:
Alleluia, alleluia,
De virgine Maria
Words and Music: English Traditional, Fifteenth Century
Source: Edith Rickert, Ancient English Christmas Carols: 1400-1700 (London: Chatto & Windus, 1914), p. 179.
Alleluia, alleluia, De virgine Maria
1. Salvator mundi, Domine,
Father of heaven, blessed Thou be,
And Thy Son that cometh of Thee,
De virgine Maria.
2. Adesto nunc propicius,
He sent His Son, sweet Jesus;
A man became for love of us,
De virgine Maria.
3. Te, Reformator sensuum,
Little and mickle, more and some,
Worship that Child that is come
De virgine Maria.
4. Gloria Tibi, Domine,
Three Persons in Trinity;
Worship that Child so free
De virgine Maria.
Notes:
Versions of this carol on this site include:
With five verses:
Salvator mundi, Domine - Thomas Wright, 1856
With four verses:
Salvator mundi, Domine - Edith Rickert (this page)
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