{"slug": "o-come-all-ye-faithful", "title": "O Come, All Ye Faithful", "first_line": "O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant", "author": "john-francis-wade", "author_date": "1743", "translator": "frederick-oakeley", "translator_date": "1841", "foot": "irregular", "meter": {"pattern": [], "doubled": false, "refrain": true, "alleluia": false, "irregular": true}, "topics": ["Christmas", "Advent", "Worship", "Adoration", "Jesus", "Incarnation"], "scripture": ["Luke 2:15-16", "John 1:14", "Hebrews 1:6"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "oh-source-1931", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Open Hymnal X:65; John F. Wade c.1743, tr. Frederick Oakeley 1841 (+ W. T. Brooke, d.1917). Public domain.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "O come, all ye faith -- ful, joy -- ful and tri -- um -- phant, O come ye, O come ye, to Beth -- le -- hem. Come and be -- hold Him, born the King of an -- gels;", "prose": ["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;"]}, "2": {"syllabified": "True God of true God, Light from Light E -- ter -- nal, Lo, He shuns not the Vir -- gin's womb; Son of the Fa -- ther, be -- got -- ten, not cre -- at -- ed;", "prose": ["True God of true God, Light from Light Eternal,", "Lo, He shuns not the Virgin's womb;", "Son of the Father, begotten, not created;"]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Sing, choirs of an -- gels, sing in ex -- ul -- ta -- tion; O sing, all ye cit -- i -- zens of heav'n a -- bove! Glo -- ry to God, glo -- ry in the high -- est;", "prose": ["Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation;", "O sing, all ye citizens of heav'n above!", "Glory to God, glory in the highest;"]}, "4": {"syllabified": "See how the shep -- herds, sum -- moned to His cra -- dle, Leav -- ing their flocks, draw nigh to gaze; We too will thith -- er bend our joy -- ful foot -- steps;", "prose": ["See how the shepherds, summoned to His cradle,", "Leaving their flocks, draw nigh to gaze;", "We too will thither bend our joyful footsteps;"]}, "5": {"syllabified": "Lo! star led chief -- tains, Ma -- gi, Christ a -- dor -- ing, Of -- fer Him in -- cense, gold, and myrrh; We to the Christ Child bring our hearts' ob -- la -- tions.", "prose": ["Lo! star-led chieftains, Magi, Christ adoring,", "Offer Him incense, gold, and myrrh;", "We to the Christ Child bring our hearts' oblations."]}}, "refrain": {"syllabified": "O come, let us a -- dore Him, O come, let us a -- dore Him, O come, let us a -- dore Him, Christ the Lord.", "prose": ["O come, let us adore Him,", "O come, let us adore Him,", "O come, let us adore Him,", "Christ the Lord."]}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}