Gesu Bambino
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w&m: Pietro Yon, 1917
Trans. by Frederick H. Martens

[Verse 1]
When blossoms flower eer mid the snows,
Upon a winter night,
Was born the child, the christmas rose,
The king of love and light.
The angels sang, the shepherds sang,
The grateful earth rejoiced;
And at his blessed birth the stars
Their exultation voiced.

[Chorus]
O come let us adore him
O come let us adore him
O come let us adore him
Christ the lord.

[Verse 2]
Again the heart with rapture glows
To greet the holy night,
That gave the world its christmas rose,
Its king of love and light
Let evry voice acclaim his name,
The grateful chorus swell
From paradise to earth he came
That we with him might dwell.

[Chorus]

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{Italian lyrics:}

[Verse 1]
Nell'umile capanna
nel freddo e povertá
é nato il Santo pargolo
che il mondo adorerá
Osannna, osanna cantano
con giubilante cuor
i tuoi pastore ed angeli
o re di luce e amor

[Chorus]
venite adoremus
venite adoremus
venite adoremus
Dominum

[Verse 2]
O bel bambin non piangere
non piangere, Redentor!
la mamma tua cullandotti
ti bacia, O Salvator
Osannna, osanna cantano
con giubilante cuor
i tuoi pastore ed angeli
o re di luce e amor

[Chorus]