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11/16/14

Gesu Bambino chords



Gesu Bambino 


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1. When blossoms flowered 'mid the snows upon a winter night,

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    was born the child, the Christmas Rose, the King of Love and Light.

            G                           D                              G                     D

    The angels sang, the shepherds sang, the grateful earth rejoiced,

          Gm      Dm        A            Bb            A  Dm       C

    and at his blessed birth the stars their exultation voiced.



          F       C  F  C F                         C  F   C F      C

    O come let us adore Him, o come let us adore Him,

    F   C      F  C   F C    F - Bb        F    C   F     

    o come let us adore Hi.…m, Christ the Lord.



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2. Again the heart with rapture glows to greet the holy night,

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    that gave the world its Christmas Rose, its King of Love and Light.

           G                    D                              G                        D

    Let ev'ry voice acclaim His name, the grateful chorus swell,

            Gm  Dm       A            Bb            A          Dm                C

    from paradise to earth He came that we with Him might dwell.



          F       C  F  C F                         C  F   C F      C

    O come let us adore Him, o come let us adore Him,

    F   C      F  C   F C    F - Bb        F    C   F     

    o come let us adore Hi.…m, Christ the Lord.



(Pietro A. Yon,1917 / English text Frederick H. Martens)