Jesu Redemptor Omnium (“Lamb, whose blood for all men streamed”)
Translation: Robert Campbell of Skerrington
First Tune: “St George” • 77 77 D
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Jesu Redemptor Omnium (“Lamb, whose blood for all men streamed”)
Translation: Robert Campbell of Skerrington
Tune: “Paschal Lamb” • 77 77 D
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Jesu Redemptor Omnium (“Lamb, whose blood for all men streamed”)
Translation: Robert Campbell of Skerrington
Third Tune: “Heustis” • 77 77 D
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“The First Noël The Angel Did Say”
Tune: “The First Nowell” • 88 88 R
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“Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” by Charles Wesley
Tune: “Mendelssohn” • 77 77d R
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Corde Natus Ex Parentis (“Of the Father’s love begotten”)
Aurelius Prudentius, Christian Poet
Translation: Cento by the editors
Tune: “Divinum Mysterium” • 87 87 87 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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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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“Adeste Fideles, Laeti Triumphantes” by John Francis Wade
Translation: Textus originalis Latinus
Tune: “Adeste Fideles” • 11 9 11 R
