The snow lay on the ground,
the stars shone bright,
When Christ our Lord was born,
on Christmas night.
Chorus: Venite adoremus Dominum.
Venite adoremus Dominum.
Venite adoremus Dominum.
Venite adoremus Dominum.

Twas Mary, daughter pure of
holy Anne,
That brought into this world
the God made man.
[Chorus]

She laid him in a stall
At Bethlehem;
The ass and oxen shared,
The roof with them.
[Chorus]

Saint Joseph, too, was by,
to tend the child;
To guard him, and protect,
his mother mild;
[Chorus]

And thus that manger poor
became a throne;
For he whom Mary bore,
was God the Son.
[Chorus]

O come, then, let us join
the heavenly host,
To praise the Father, Son,
And Holy Ghost.
[Chorus]