Journeysongs (2nd ed.) ‎#338

338. Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming

1 Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming
From tender stem hath sprung!
Of Jesse's lineage coming,
As those of old have sung.
It came a flower bright,
Amid the cold of winter,
When half spent was the night.

2 Isaiah 'twas foretold it,
This Rose I have in mind,
With Mary we behold it,
The Virgin Mother kind.
To show God's love aright,
She bore to us a Savior,
When half spent was the night.

3 O Flow'r, whose fragrance tender
With sweetness fills the air,
Dispel with glorious splendor
The darkness ev'rywhere;
True man, yet very God,
From sin and death now save us,
And share our ev'ry load.

Text Information

• First Line: Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming
• Title: Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming
• Translator: Theodore Baker, 1851-1934
• Meter: 76 76 6 76
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2003
• Source: Trad. German Carol, 15th cent.

Tune Information

• Name: ES IST EIN' ROS' ENSTSPRUNGEN
• Meter: 76 76 6 76
• Key: F Major or modal
• Source: Alte Catholische Geistliche Kirchengesänge, Cologne, 1599