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The Faith We Sing · No. 2093 · Words: Traditional Irish Carol · Tune: VENITE ADOREMUS
The Snow Lay on the Ground
Create PowerPoint slides from this hymn →A traditional anonymous Irish Christmas carol narrating the nativity story, featuring the Latin refrain 'Venite adoremus Dominum' (Come, let us adore the Lord). It is one of the few English-language carols to weave Latin devotional phrases into a vernacular narrative of Christ's birth.
Verse 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.
Verse 2
'Twas Mary, daughter pure of holy Anne,
that brought into this world the God made man.
She laid him in a stall at Bethlehem;
the ass and oxen shared the roof with them.
Refrain
Venite adoremus Dominum.
Venite adoremus Dominum.
Verse 3
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
Venite adoremus Dominum.
Venite adoremus Dominum.
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