Advent hymns and songs
Songs of waiting, longing, and promise for the four Sundays of Advent, from ancient hymns like O Come, O Come, Emmanuel to newer songs shared by their writers.
Each one has a chord chart in any key, lyrics, and a melody to rehearse with, and every one is free for worship use.
41 songs
English
- All My Heart This Night Rejoices — Paul Gerhardt · tr. Catherine Winkworth, 1656
- All Praise to Jesus' Hallowed Name — German & Martin Luther · tr. Richard Massie, 1524
- Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus — Charles Wesley, 1744
- Come, Your Heart and Voices Raising — Paul Gerhardt · tr. composite, 1667
- Comfort, Comfort Ye My People — Johann Olearius · tr. Catherine Winkworth, 1671
- Far, Far Away On Judea's Plains — John Menzies MacFarlane, 1869
- Gabriel's Message — Basque · tr. Sabine Baring Gould, 1834
- Gentle Mary Laid Her Child — Joseph Simpson Cook, 1919
- Hark the Glad Sound — Philip Doddridge, 1735
- In His Temple Now Behold Him — Henry John Pye & William Cooke, 1851
- In The Bleak MidWinter — Christina Georgina Rossetti, 1872
- It Came Upon A Midnight Clear — Edmund Hamilton Sears, 1849
- Jesus Came, the Heavens Adoring — Godfrey Thring, 1864
- Let Our Gladness Have No End — Tobias Zavorka, 1602
- Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates — Georg Weissel · tr. Catherine Winkworth, 1642
- Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending — Charles Wesley, 1758
- My Lord, What a Morning — African American spiritual, 1872
- Now Praise We Christ, the Holy One — Coelius Sedulius · tr. Martin Luther & Richard Massie, 1524
- O Chief of Cities Bethlehem — Aurelius Clemens Prudentius · tr. Nathaniel Barratt Smithers & Charles Winfred Douglas & John Patrick Crichton-Stuart Marquess of Bute, 1879
- O Come, O Come, Emmanuel — Latin antiphons · tr. John Mason Neale, 1851
- O Lord, How Shall I Meet Thee — Paul Gerhardt, 1653
- Our Father Thou in Heaven Above — Martin Luther · tr. composite, 1539
- Savior Of The Nations Come — Ambrose of Milan · tr. Martin Luther & William Morton Reynolds, 1524
- See Amid the Winter's Snow — Edward Caswall, 1851
- That Men a godly Life Might Live — Martin Luther · tr. Richard Massie, 1524
- The Advent of Our God — Charles Coffin · tr. John Chandler, 1736
- The King Shall Come — John Wyeth · tr. John Brownlie, 1907
- The People That in Darkness Sat — John Morison, 1781
- The Star Proclaims the King is Here — Coelius Sedulius · tr. John Mason Neale, 1543
- There Came a Message From the Sky — Thomas Hansen Kingo · tr. Paul Christian Paulsen, 1689
- What If It Were Today? — Lelia Morris, 1912
German
- Christum Wir Sollen Loben Schon — Martin Luther, 1524
- Fröhlich Soll Mein Herze Springen — Paul Gerhardt, 1656
- Nun Komm, der Heiden Heiland — Martin Luther, 1523
- Vater Unser im Himmelreich — Martin Luther, 1539
Malayalam
- ആ ഘോര ശീതകാലെ മഞ്ഞിൻ കാറ്റൂതി — ക്രിസ്റ്റീന റോസ്സട്ടി · tr. സൈമണ് സഖറിയ, 2013
- നിന് ജനത്തെ രക്ഷിപ്പാനായ് ദൈവജാതനേ വരൂ — ചാള്സ് വെസ്ലി · tr. സൈമണ് സഖറിയ, 2013
- വാ വരിക ഇമ്മാനുവേൽ — ജോണ് എം. നീൽ, 1851
- വാതില്കളെ തുറന്നീടിന് — ജോര്ജ് വൈസല് · tr. സൈമണ് സഖറിയ, 2012
Spanish
- A Media Noche Resonó — Edmund Sears, 1849
- Ven, Jesús Muy Esperado — Charles Wesley, tr · tr. Lorenzo Alvarez, 1744
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