Refrain:
Gaudete! gaudete!
Christus est natus ex Maria virgine,
gaudete!
1. Tempus adest gratiae, hoe quod optabamus;
carmina laetitiae devote reddamus. Refrain
2. Deus homo factus est, natura mirante;
mundus renovatus est a Christo regnante. Refrain
3. Ezecaelis orta clausa per transistur;
unde lux est orta, salus invenitur. Refrain
4. Ergo nostra contio psallat iam in lustro;
Benedicat Domino; salus regi nostro. Refrain
Piae Cantiones: A Collection of Church & School Song, chiefly Ancient Swedish, originally published in A.D. 1582 by Theodoric Petri of Hyland.
Read this post before bed and woke this morning with it in my head. I then read Rosemary’s lovely post – oh happy christmas.
Merry Christmas Jen! There are a lot of versions of this out there, and much as I love Maddy Prior (a great woman to sit and have a drink with) her strident versions can pall after a time.