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The Snow Lay on the Ground

arr. David Babbitt

Original Text

The snow lay on the ground,
the stars shone bright,
when Christ our Lord was born on Christmas night.
Venite adoremus Dominum.
'Twas Mary, daughter pure of holy Anne,
that brought into this world the God made man.
She laid him in a stall at Bethlehem;
the ass and oxen shared the roof with them.
Saint Joseph, too, was by to tend the child;
to guard him, and protect his mother mild;
the angels hovered round, and sang this song,
Venite adoremus Dominum.

This piece was performed by the SFBC in Psallite! A Candlelight Christmas on December 3, 2005.