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Words: Combined from various antiphons by an unknown author, possibly in the 12th Century

Music: Veni Emmanuel, from a 15th Century processional of French Franciscan nuns

O Come, O Come Emmanuel

O come, O come, Emmanuel 
And ransom captive Israel 
That mourns in lonely exile here 
Until the Son of God appear 

Chorus
Rejoice! Rejoice! 
Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel! 

O come, thou Dayspring, come and cheer 
Our spirits by thine advent here 
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night 
And death's dark shadows put to flight

O come, Desire of nations, bind 
All peoples in one heart and mind 
Bid envy, strife and quarrels cease 
Fill the whole world with heaven's peace