211 O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

Em                Am7 Em   
O come, O come, Emmanuel, 
                   D   Em  
and ransom captive Israel,
Am                    Em    D    
that mourns in lonely exile here
Em               Am7   Em    
until the Son of God appear.
D        G          Am7 Em  
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel 
Am                    D   Em  
shall come to thee, O Israel.

Words: 9th cent. Latin; trans. st. 1, 3, 5ab, 6cd, 7ab The Hymnal,
1940; st. 2, Henry Sloane Coffin, 1916;
st. 4, 5cd, 6ab, 7cd, Laurence Hull Stookey, 1986
Music: 15th cent. French; arr. and harm. by Thomas Helmore, 1854
Sts. 1, 3, 5cd, 6cd, 7ab, © 1940, 1943, renewed 1981 The Church Pension
Fund; trans. sts. 4, 5cd, 6ab, 7cd, © 1989 The United Methodist Publishing
House; antiphons © 1962 Sisters of St. Benedict