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    O COME, all ye faithful,
   Joyful and triumphant;
O come ye, O come ye, to Bethlehem;
    Come and behold Him,
    Born the King of angels:
 
        O come, let us adore Him,
        O come, let us adore Him,
    O come, let us adore Him, Christ the Lord!
 
2      God of God,
    Light of Light,
Lo, he abhors not the virgin’s womb;
    Very God,
    Begotten, not created:
 
3      Sing, choirs of angels,
    Sing in exultation,
Sing, all ye citizens of Heaven above;
    ‘Glory to God
    In the highest;’
 
4      Yea, Lord, we greet Thee,
    Born this happy morning,
Jesus, to Thee be glory given;
    Word of the Father,
    Now in flesh appearing:
 
Latin, before 18th century,
tr Frederick Oakley, 1802-80, et al