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Text: | The Snow Lay on the Ground |
Tune: | VENITE ADOREMUS |
Adapter: | C. Winfred Douglas |
Harmonizer: | Leo Sowerby |
1 The snow lay on the ground, the stars shone bright,
When Christ our Lord was born on Christmas night.
Venite adoremus Dominum. Venite adoremus Dominum.
Refrain:
Venite adoremus Dominum.
Venite adoremus Dominum.
2 'Twas gentle Mary maid, so young and strong,
Who welcomed here the Christchild with a song.
She laid Him in a stall at Bethlehem;
The ass and oxen shared the roof with them. (Refrain)
3 Saint Joseph, too, was by to tend the Child,
To guard him, and protect His mother mild.
The angels hovered round and sang this song:
Venite adoremus Dominum. (Refrain)
4 And thus that manger poor became a throne;
For He whom Mary bore was God the Son.
O come, then, let us join the heavenly host;
To praise the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. (Refrain)
Text Information | |
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First Line: | The snow lay on the ground, the stars shone bright |
Title: | The Snow Lay on the Ground |
Refrain First Line: | Venite adoremus Dominum |
Meter: | 10 10 10 10 with refrain |
Language: | English; Latin |
Publication Date: | 1990 |
Source: | Anglo-Irish carol; alt |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | VENITE ADOREMUS |
Adapter: | C. Winfred Douglas |
Harmonizer: | Leo Sowerby (1941) |
Meter: | 10 10 10 10 with refrain |
Key: | G Major |
Copyright: | Harmonization © 1941. Used by permissionof Ronald Stalford, executor of the estate of Leo Sowerby. |