<Christmas Sacred> C,4
             Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming
             tr.Theodore Baker; Harriet Krauth Spaeth

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Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming
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From tender stem hath sprung!
C          F  C    G  Am
Of Jesse's lineage coming,
F           C   G7   C
As those of old have sung.
C  Dm    Em C  D  G
It came, a flower bright,
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Amid the cold of winter,
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When half spent was the night.

Isaiah 'twas foretold it,
The 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.

This Flower, whose fragrance tender
With sweetness fills the air,
Dispels with glorious splendor
The darkness everywhere;
True Man, yet very God,
From sin and death He saves us,
And lightens every load.