Come Lord Jesus (Come and be born in our hearts)

This is a simple children's hymn for Advent.

It was written by American Roman Catholic liturgical musician and songwriter Carey Landry (b 1944), and included in his album "Hi God 2".

Many people have added additional verses, eg "Come and pray with us", "Maranatha" etc.

The song is set to an unnamed tune, also by Landry. This has a 4/4 time signature. In the key of D, the first few notes of the melody are D_ E FE D E_ F GA E

Downloads

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Downloadable SATB choir arrangement by Philip Orr, 8 pages

Examples

Children's choir with guitar and bells:

Children's choir performance with piano:

Singer, unaccompanied:

Lyrics

The lyrics are copyright so cannot be reproduced here. But they are currently available on this website. A rough outline is:

Come Lord Jesus,
Come Lord Jesus,
Come Lord Jesus,
Come and be born in our hearts.

Come Emmanuel,
Come Emmanuel,
Come Emmanuel,
Come and be born in our hearts.

Come O prince of peace,
Come O prince of peace,
Come O prince of peace,
Come and be born in our hearts.

Our hearts are open,
Our hearts are open,
Our hearts are open,
Come and be born in our hearts.

Maranatha,
Maranatha,
Maranatha,
Come and be born in our hearts.