Come Lord Jesus Come - Leftley

This is a simple hymn for Advent, petitioning for Christ's coming, and stating the need for his presence, peace and love.

It was written by English Roman Catholic teacher and liturgical musician Francesca Leftley (b 1955), and first published in 1986 by Kevin Mayhew Ltd, England.

Hymn-books where it has been published include:

• Big Blue Planet (ref)
• Singing the Faith, published by Hymns Ancient & Modern for the Methodist Church, London, 2011for the Methodist Church in Great Britain.

and these books are the only located sources of sheet music for the song.

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Downloads

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Examples

Singer with keyboard - multi-track recording:

Lyrics

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

1. Come, Lord Jesus, come.
Come, Lord Jesus, come.
Come, Lord Jesus, come,
to this world of ours.

2. Lord, we need you now ...

3. Fill us with your peace ...

4. Touch us with your love ...

5. May we see your light ...

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• Advent hymns
• Hymns of petition

KEEP IN CASE ORIGINAL IS REMOVED, BUT DO NOT DISPLAY 1. Come, Lord Jesus, come.
Come, Lord Jesus, come.
Come, Lord Jesus, come,
to this world of ours.

2. Lord, we need you now ;
Lord, we need you now ;
Lord, we need you now
in this world of ours.

3. Fill us with your peace ;
fill us with your peace ;
fill us with your peace
in this world of ours.

4. Touch us with your love ;
touch us with your love ;
touch us with your love
in this world of ours.

5. May we see your light ;
may we see your light ;
may we see your light
in this world of ours.