Bring a torch, Jeanette Isabella (Traditional)

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• Un flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle (Nicolas Saboly)

General Information

Title: Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella
Composer: Anonymous (Traditional)

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Carol

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1553
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External websites:

• Cyber Hymnal™ entry for Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella:

  http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/b/r/bringtor.htm

Original text and translations

English text

1.
Bring a torch, Jeanette, Isabella
Bring a torch, come swiftly and run.
Christ is born, tell the folk of the village,
Jesus is sleeping in His cradle,
Ah, ah, beautiful is the Mother,
Ah, ah, beautiful is her Son.

2.
Hasten now, good folk of the village,
Hasten now, the Christ Child to see.
You will find Him asleep in a manger,
Quietly come and whisper softly,
Hush, hush, peacefully now He slumbers,
Hush, hush, peacefully now He sleeps.