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| Text: | Love came down at Christmas |
| Author: | Christina Rossetti, 1830-1894 |
| Tune: | GARTAN |
| Harmonizer: | David Evans, 1874-1948 |
1 Love came down at Christmas,
love all lovely, love divine;
love was born at Christmas:
star and angels gave the sign.
2 Worship we the Godhead,
love incarnate, love divine;
worship we our Jesus,
but wherewith for sacred sign?
3 Love shall be our token;
love be yours and love be mine;
love to God and neighbor,
love for plea and gift and sign.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | Love came down at Christmas |
| Author: | Christina Rossetti, 1830-1894 (alt.) |
| Meter: | 67. 67 |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1985 |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | GARTAN |
| Harmonizer: | David Evans, 1874-1948 |
| Meter: | 67. 67 |
| Key: | F Major |
| Source: | Petrie Collection of Irish Melodies, Part II, 1902 (melody) |
| Copyright: | By permission of Oxford University Press. |
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