To All Men A Child Is Come
Puer nobis nascitur
For Christmas
Words and Music from Michael Praetorius' Musae Sionae, 1609
English Translation by the Rev. J. O'Connor
Source: Richard Runciman Terry, Two Hundred Folk Carols (London: Burns Oates & Washbourne Limited, 1933), Carol #144, pp. 14-15.
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1. Puer
nobis nascitur,
2.
In praesepe ponitur,
3.
Hinc Herodes timuit
4.
Qui natus ex Maria
5.
Nos de tali gaudio |
1. To
all men a Child is come,
2.
On the oxen's hay He lies
3.
Herod's fears are manifold,
4.
He that cometh Mary's son
5.
Tingling strings and organ joy |
Sheet Music from Richard R. Terry, Old Christmas Carols. Part One. (London: Burns, Oates & Washbourne Ltd., n.d., ca. 1923), Carol #32, p. 44.
Sheet Music from Richard Runciman Terry, Two Hundred Folk Carols (London: Burns Oates & Washbourne Limited, 1933), Carol #144, pp. 14-15.
Note from Rev. Terry:
Wide differences will be noted between the Latin text of this carol and the more familiar setting in Piæ Cantiones. 1582.
Editor's Note:
See this version from Piæ Cantiones: Puer nobis nascitur, and this version from the St. Gregory Hymnal, Puer Nobis Nascitur (with notes).
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