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Play “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel”
Free same-meter accompaniment for O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (J. M. Neale): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune MELITA (John Bacchus Dykes) in four-part harmony, 4 verses, with the words on screen. Choose the key and speed, add an introduction, project the words on a TV, or practice your own choir part. Made for churches and home groups without a musician.
Sung here to MELITA (John Bacchus Dykes), a 8.8.8.8.8.8 tune — not necessarily the tune usually paired with this text. Any tune in the same meter fits the words.
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- 1O come, O come, Immanuel,
- And ransom captive Israel,
- That mourns in lonely exile here
- Until the Son of God appear.
- Rejoice! rejoice! Immanuel
- Shall come to thee, O Israel.
- 2O come, Thou rod of Jesse, free
- Thine own from Satan's tyranny;
- From depths of hell Thy people save,
- And give them vict'ry o'er the grave.
- Rejoice! rejoice! Immanuel
- Shall come to thee, O Israel.
- 3O come, Thou Dayspring, come and cheer
- Our spirits by Thine advent here:
- And drive away the shades of night,
- And pierce the clouds and bring us light.
- Rejoice! rejoice! Immanuel
- Shall come to thee, O Israel.
- 4O come, Thou Key of David, come,
- And open wide our heav'nly home;
- Make safe the way that leads on high,
- And close the path to misery.
- Rejoice! rejoice! Immanuel
- Shall come to thee, O Israel.
About this music
MELITA — John Bacchus Dykes. 'Melita' John Bacchus Dykes, 1861. Setting: "Hymns Ancient and Modern", 1869.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1869 hymn 222. Tune from Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1861. %OHARRANGER unknown assumed Dykes, John Bacchus (1823-1876) words found in "The service of song for Baptist churches", 1876 Hymn 1070; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the O Come, O Come, Emmanuel page.
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