Text:Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus
Author:Charles Wesley (1707-1788) alt.
Tune:HYFRYDOL
Arranger:Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Composer:Rowland H. Prichard (1811-1887)

204. Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus

1 Come, thou long expected Jesus!
born to set thy people free;
from our fears and sins release us,
let us find our rest in thee.
Israel’s strength and consolation,
hope of all the earth thou art;
dear desire of every nation,
joy of every longing heart.

2 Born thy people to deliver,
born a child and yet a King,
born to reign in us forever,
now thy gracious kingdom bring.
By thine own eternal spirit
rule in all our hearts alone;
by thine all sufficient merit,

Text Information
First Line: Come, Thou long-expected Jesus!
Title: Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus
Author: Charles Wesley (1707-1788) alt. (1744)
Meter: 8.7.8.7.D.
Publication Date: 1985
Topic: Jesus Christ: Second Advent
Tune Information
Name: HYFRYDOL
Composer: Rowland H. Prichard (1811-1887) (c. 1830)
Arranger: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) (1951)
Meter: 8.7.8.7.D.
Incipit: 12123 43212 54332
Key: F Major or modal
Source: Music from the English Hymnal by permission of Oxford University Press.
Notes: Alternate tune, STUTTGART, No. 659 Alternate harmony, No. 167



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