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        066 O Come, all ye faithful                             067 Children Of The Tropical

        Verse 1                                                 Clime
        O Come, all ye faithful,                                Children of the tropical clime
        Joyful and triumphant,                                  Remember the Savoiur's here;
        Come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem;                        Pointsettia red, bow low their heads
        Come and behold him,                                    To worship the Babe so dear.  1/4 Twinkling
        Born the King of angels:                                stars in the sky above
                                                                All join in the chorus too;
        O come, let us adore him,                               The moon shines bright, on Christmas night,
        O come, let us adore him,                               In all of its gorioushue.  2/4
        O come, let us adore him,  Christ the Lord.
                                                                Church bells ring, and choirs sing,
        Verse 2                                                 They honour the Babeso dear;
        True God of true God,                                   And steel-bands beat melodies sweet
        Light of Light eternal,                                 As we meet to offer prayer.  3/4
        Lo! He abhors not the Virgin's womb;
        Son of the Father,                                      We remember your birth today,
        Begotten, not created:                                  May all that we do and say
                                                                Tell of your love, Wondrous and free,
        O come, let us adore him,                               Upon this glad Christmas day.  4/4
        O come, let us adore him,                               HOME
        O come, let us adore him,  Christ the Lord.
                                                                068 O little town or Bethlehem
        Verse 3
        Sing, choirs of angels,                                 Verse 1
        Sing in exultation,                                     O little town or Bethlehem,  How still we see
        Sing, all ye citizens of heaven above:                  thee lie!  Above thy deep and dreamless sleep
        Glory to God                                            The silent stars go by:
        In the highest:                                         Yet in Thy dark street shineth
                                                                The everlasting Light;
        O come, let us adore him,                               The hopes and fears of all the years
        O come, let us adore him,                               Are met in thee to-night.  1/4
        O come, let us adore him,  Christ the Lord.
                                                                Verse 2

        Verse 4                                                 O morning stars, together
        Yea, Lord, we greet thee,                               Proclaim the holy birth,
                                                                And praises sing to God the King,
        Born this happy morning,
        Jesus, to Thee be glory given,                          And peace to men on earth;
        Word of the Father,                                     For Christ is born of Mary;
        Now in flesh appearing:                                 And, gathered all above,
                                                                While mortals sleep, the angels keep
        O come, let us adore him,                               Their watch of wondering love.  2/4

        O come, let us adore him,
        O come, let us adore him,  Christ the Lord.             Verse 3
                                                                How silently, how silently

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