Songs for Sunday Morning, December 6, 2020

Songs for Sunday Morning, December 6, 2020

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Words: Latin Antiphons (12th century), Latin hymn (1710), tr. John Mason Neale (1851, alt. 1961);
Music: Plainsong (13th century), arr. Thomas Helmore (1856); Public Domain

Angels We Have Heard on High
Words: Traditional French Carol;
Music: Traditional French Melody, arr. Edward S. Barnes (1937); Public Domain

Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming
Words: 15th Century German, st. 1, 2 tr. Theodore Baker (1894); st. 3 tr. Harriet Krauth Spaeth (1875); st. 4 John Mattes (1914);
Music: German Melody (16th century), arr. Michael Praetorius (1609); Public Domain

We Three Kings
Words & Music: John H. Hopkins, Jr. (1820-1891); Public Domain

Joy to the World
Words: Based on Psalm 98, Isaac Watts (1719);
Music: George Frederick Handel (1742), arr. Lowell Mason (1836); Public Domain