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'In dulci jubilo', set by R. L. Pearsall, from BBC Carols from King's 2020. Broadcast in the UK on Christmas Eve 2020.

The Choristers of the Choir of King's College Cambridge
The King's Singers
Matthew Martin, organist
Daniel Hyde, conductor

Distributed under licence from the British Broadcasting Corporation.

The King's Singers:
Patrick Dunachie (countertenor)
Edward Button (countertenor)
Julian Gregory (tenor)
Christopher Bruerton (baritone)
Nick Ashby (baritone)
Jonathan Howard (bass)
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Text:
In dulci jubilo [In quiet joy]
Let us our homage show
Our heart’s joy reclineth
In praesepio [in a manger]
And like a bright star shineth
Matris in gremio! [in the mother’s lap]
Alpha es et O! [Thou art Alpha & Omega]

O Jesu parvule [O tiny Jesus]
I yearn for Thee alway;
Listen to my ditty,
O puer optime! [O best of boys]
Have pity on me, pity
O princeps gloriae! [Prince of glory]
Trahe me post te! [draw me unto thee]

O patris caritas, [O father’s caring]
O nati lenitas, [O newborn’s mildness]
Deeply were we stained
Per nostra crimina [by our crimes]
But Thou, hast for us gainèd
Coelorum gaudia. [heavenly joy]
O that we were there!

Ubi sunt gaudia [where be joys]
If that they be not there?
There are angels singing
Nova cantica: [new songs]
There the bells are ringing
In Regis curia. [at the king’s court]
O that we were there!