“Hail The Day That Sees Him Rise”
Text: After Charles Wesley and Thomas Cotterill.
Tune: “Llanfair” • 77 77 A
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Puer Natus Est Nobis (“Bright and joyful is the morn”)
Based on the Introit for the Christmas Daytime Mass, which comes from Isaias 9.6.
Second Tune: “Llanfair” • 77 77 A
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“Adeste Fideles, Laeti Triumphantes” by John Francis Wade
Translation: Textus originalis Latinus
Tune: “Adeste Fideles” • 11 9 11 R
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Adeste Fideles, Laeti Triumphantes (“God rest you merry, Gentlemen”)
Translation: Fr. Frederick Oakeley, Canon of Westminster Cathedral
Tune: “Adeste Fideles” • 11 9 11 R
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“God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen”
The meaning of “God rest you merry” is “God keep you merry.” Note the archaic use of the word rest (“keep”)—indeed, this carol probably dates from the 16th century.
Tune: “God Rest You Merry” • 86 86 86 R
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“Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus” by Charles Wesley
Tune: “Cross of Jesus” • 87 87
A “text only version” is included at page bottom, providing melodic flexibility.
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En Clara Vox Redarguit (“Hark! a voice, in urgent warning”)
Translation: Fr. John Fitzpatrick, Oblate of Mary
Tune: “Merton” • 87 87
