X:1
T:Rorate
M:4/4
L:1/4
Q:108
C:Scottish Traditional
K:F
c | AG3/4F1/4F G/A/ | c A/c/ d e/f/ |
c3/2A/ B/A/ G/F/ | DGG c3/4B1/4 |
A G3/4F1/4 F G/A/ | c A/c/ d e/f/|
c3/2A/ B/A/ G/F/| DFF A/B/ |
c3/2d/ c/A/ G/A/ | c3/4A1/4 c/d/ c3/2A/ |
G A/c/ f/e/ d/c/ | A d3/4e1/4 dz/e/ |
f3/2e/d c/A/ | G A/c/ H_e d1/2=e1/4f1/4 | c3/2A/ B/A/ G/F/ | DFF ||
W:1. Rorate coeli desuper!
W:Heavens, distil your balmy showers;
W:For now is risen the bright Daystar,
W:From the rose Mary, flower of flowers:
W:The clear Sun, whom no cloud devours,
W:Surmounting Phoebus in the east,
W:Is comen of his heavenly towers,
W:Et nobis puer natus est.
W:
W:2. Sinners be glad, and penance do,
W:And thank your Maker heartfully;
W:For he that ye might not come to,
W:To you is comen full humbly,
W:Your soul�¨s with his blood to buy,
W:And loose you of the fiend's arrest,
W:And only of his own mercy;
W:Pro nobis puer natus est.
W:
W:3. Celestial fowl�¨s in the air,
W:Sing with your not�¨s upon height,
W:In firth�¨s and in forests fair
W:Be mirthful now at all your might;
W:For pass�¨d is your dully night;
W:Aurora has the cloud�¨s pierced,
W:The sun is risen with gladsome light,
W:Et nobis puer natus est.
W:
W:4.  Sing heaven imperial, most of height,
W:Regions of air make harmony,
W:All fish in flood and fowl of flight
W:Be mirthful and make melody:
W:All Gloria in excelsis cry,
W:Heaven, earth, sea, man, bird, and beast;
W:He that is crowned above the sky
W:Pro nobis puer natus est.