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\u2018O Come all ye Faithful\u2019 is one Christmas carol<\/a> without which a Christmas service wouldn\u2019t seem complete. What is it that makes it such a perennial favourite? Is it that chorus that only the upper voices sing first, with everyone else then joining in with gusto?<\/strong><\/p>\n Is it that one final verse that is specially reserved for Christmas morning alone? Or is it those wonderful descants that raise \u2018Sing Choirs of Angels\u2019 to the very rafters? Robert Hollingworth, founder of I Fagiolini, has his reasons: \u2018I freely admit that my love of it is due to David Willcocks\u2019s arrangement, with the excellent descant in Verse 6 and the way the Verse 7 accompaniment takes you off piste!\u2019<\/p>\n <\/p><\/div> <\/section> It is believed that the Christmas carol \u2018<\/em>O Come All Ye Faithful\u2018 <\/em>was\u00a0 written and composed by JF Wade, although many think he could have copied it from an earlier manuscript. It was first printed in Latin in 1751 as \u2018A<\/em>deste Fideles\u2018<\/em>, and was translated into English nearly a century later by Frederick Oakeley in 1841. The song celebrates the birth of Jesus.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant! God of God, light of light, Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation, Yea, Lord, we greet thee, born this happy morning; Lo! The flock abandoned, the summoned shepherds A star leading, the Magi, worshipping Christ, We shall see the eternal splendour May we warm him, needy and lying on hay, Sing now choir of angels hymns!Who wrote and composed \u2018O Come All Ye Faithful\u2019?<\/h2>\n
What are the lyrics to the Christmas carol \u2018O Come All Ye Faithful\u2019?<\/h2>\n