Journeysongs (3rd ed.) ‎#302

302. Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming

1 Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming
From tender stem hath sprung!
Of Jesse's lineage coming,
As those of old have sung.
It came, a flower bright,
Amid the cold of winter,
When half spent was the night.

2 Isaiah 'twas foretold it,
This Rose I have in mind,
With Mary we behold it,
The Virgin Mother kind.
To show God's love aright,
She bore to us a Savior,
When half spent was the night.

3 O Flow'r, whose fragrance tender
With sweetness fills the air,
Dispel in glorious splendor
The darkness ev'rywhere;
True man, yet very God,
From sin and death now save us,
And share our ev'ry load.

Text Information

• First Line: Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming
• Title: Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming
• Translator: Theodore Baker, 1851-1934 (alt.)
• Meter: 76 76 6 76
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2012
• Scripture:
  Isaiah 11:1
  ;
  Isaiah 35:1
  ;
  Luke 2:7
• Topic: The Liturgical Year: Christmas (Days of); The Liturgical Year: Mary, the Holy Mother of God
• Source: German Carol, 15th cent.

Tune Information

• Name: ES IST EIN' ROS' ENTSPRUNGEN
• Harmonizer: Michael Praetorius, 1571-1621
• Meter: 76 76 76
• Key: F Major or modal
• Source: Alte Catholische Geistliche Kirchengesänge, Cologne, 1599; Harm.: Musae Sioniae, 1609