Common Tune

Hymn

From Heaven Above To Earth I Come

VOM HIMMEL HOCH · L.M. · words Martin Luther · music traditional German from Schumann's Geistliche Lieder, Leipzig

From Heaven Above To Earth I Come ev moth all and for and sen to be ter er ery bit man good swadd pared heard Ma bear clothes God sad cho news ling by your ry, cry; dark; low; mild; home; ger the those our this a are brings Christ night, to bless God, you, bove 4. He 3. 'Tis 2. To 1. From These Heaven 5. mark, go high Child come, shall a to a I The Pre Had Of To on ye long far born earth kens ings Who is all earth ev make were and your you er us sin joy now heav'ns the with from the I for and say will of will made. rest. free. earth. sing. der ye His will of ings the ly Sal of great find heaven your Child Glad This shall in self ten tid There That Him By You Him Shall Where laid, blest be, birth, of Whom may self be young king va low joy Child dom tion ly bring, I Martin Luther, 1918 VOM HIMMEL HOCH L.M. traditional German from Schumann's Geistliche Lieder, Leipzig, 1917
From Heaven Above To Earth I Come ev moth all and for and sen to be ter er ery bit man good swadd pared heard Ma bear clothes God sad cho news ling by your ry, cry; dark; low; mild; home; ger the those our this a are brings Christ night, to bless God, you, bove 4. He 3. 'Tis 2. To 1. From These Heaven 5. mark, go high Child come, shall a to a I The Pre Had Of To on ye long far born earth kens ings Who is all earth ev make were and your you er us sin joy now heav'ns the with from the I for and say will of will made. rest. free. earth. sing. der ye His will of ings the ly Sal of great find heaven your Child Glad This shall in self ten tid There That Him By You Him Shall Where laid, blest be, birth, of Whom may self be young king va low joy Child dom tion ly bring, I Martin Luther, 1918 VOM HIMMEL HOCH L.M. traditional German from Schumann's Geistliche Lieder, Leipzig, 1917

1.From Heaven above to earth I come,
To bear good news to every home;
Glad tidings of great joy I bring,
Whereof I now will say and sing.

2.To you, this night, is born a Child
Of Mary, chosen mother mild;
This tender Child of lowly birth,
Shall be the joy of all your earth.

3.'Tis Christ our God, Who far on high
Had heard your sad and bitter cry;
Himself will your Salvation be,
Himself from sin will make you free.

4.He brings those blessings long ago
Prepared by God for all below;
That in His heavenly kingdom blest
You may with us forever rest.

5.These are the tokens ye shall mark,
The swaddling clothes and manger dark;
There shall ye find the young Child laid,
By Whom the heav'ns and earth were made.

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Same meter but needs editorial underlay: ABERYSTWYTH (PARRY), ANGELUS, BRESLAU, FEDERAL STREET, GERMANY, MARYTON, MENDON, MORNING HYMN, OLD 100TH, QUEBEC, THE FIRST NOEL, WOODWORTH.

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