1. Christ, hath Christ's Mother
Bourne, our dear Brother,
In the stalls of Bethlehem.
Then leave we all Jerusalem,
To kiss the King of Bethlehem!
Cui vocibus gaudentibus
Dicamus: cantamus:
Gloriam!
2. Come from the city!
God hath had pity
On His people Israel,
And pity will He have, as well
On Gentiles beyond Israel!
Nunc vocibus gaudentibus
Dicamus: cantamus:
Gloriam!
3. Shows the land cover;
Lo comes our Lover:
Comes a glory, comes a light:
Gold on snow, and gold on night;
Glory from the Light of Light!
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Dicamus: cantamus:
Gloriam!
4. Laud in the highest!
Now Death! thou diest:
Now God goeth to His grave,
Us, dead and dying men to save,
And bring the captives from the grave.
Quo vocibus gaudentibus
Dicamus: cantamus:
Gloriam!
5. Praise to the Father!
Now he will gather
Us, his helpless little ones,
From endless Death's dominions:
Us, God our Father's little ones:
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Dicamus: cantamus:
Gloriam!
6. Praise to Son Jesus!
Him, whose Cross frees us,
From the cruel hand of sin.
Now first to him our songs begin,
Since now our hearts have done with sin:
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Dicanus : cantamus :
Gloriam!
7. Praise Mary Mother -
Mary, none other,
Welcome might the Holy Ghost:
Because her heart was pure the most.
Now praise be to the Holy Ghost!
Cui vocibus gaudentibus
Dicamus: cantamus:
Gloriam!
8. Praise, praise, and praises,
Earth with Heaven raises,
To the glorious Trinity.
Sons of new morning, mingle we,
With morning stars, our melody:
Et vocibus gaudentibus
Dicamus : cantamus:
Gloriam!