11/16/14
Gesu Bambino chords
Gesu Bambino
D A D A D A D - A
1. When blossoms flowered 'mid the snows upon a winter night,
D A D A D A D
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.
D A D A D A D - A
2. Again the heart with rapture glows to greet the holy night,
D A D A D A D
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)