It is usually described as traditional song from Cameroon in Central Africa, which was collected and the transcribed by Scottish hymnwriter and Church of Scotland minister John L Bell (b 1949). The song was almost certainly not first written in English, but the composer and original translator is unknown, and the song is treated as being in the public domain.
He came down that we may have love;
He came down that we may have love,
Hallelujah forevermore.
He came down that we may have peace;
He came down that we may have peace;
He came down that we may have peace,
Hallelujah forevermore.
He came down that we may have joy;
He came down that we may have joy;
He came down that we may have joy,
Hallelujah forevermore.
He came down that we may have hope;
He came down that we may have hope;
He came down that we may have hope,
Hallelujah forevermore.
He came down that we may have life;
He came down that we may have life;
He came down that we may have life,
Hallelujah forevermore.
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Lyrics
He came down that we may have love;He came down that we may have love;
He came down that we may have love,
Hallelujah forevermore.
He came down that we may have peace;
He came down that we may have peace;
He came down that we may have peace,
Hallelujah forevermore.
He came down that we may have joy;
He came down that we may have joy;
He came down that we may have joy,
Hallelujah forevermore.
He came down that we may have hope;
He came down that we may have hope;
He came down that we may have hope,
Hallelujah forevermore.
He came down that we may have life;
He came down that we may have life;
He came down that we may have life,
Hallelujah forevermore.
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