O Come Away, Ye Shepherds

O COME AWAY, YE SHEPHERDS diatonic
18th C. French text
Tune from Air, “Nanon Dormait”
Key: F


6   5  -4 4  -2   4   -4      5    -5    6
O come a-way ye shep-herds, leave your sheep
6   5  -4    4  -2   4  -4   5  -5   6
A King has come to ease our woe so deep!
4   -3    -4   -2   4    -3    4  -4 -3 4   4
O change your tears to praise and ju-bi-la-tion
-4   5  -4  5 -5   6  7  6
We jour-ney to a-dore a God (a God)
7  6           7    -7   -6  6  -5 5-4  4
A God (a God) who brings us con-so-la-tion
7  6          7  6
a God (a God) a God (a God) 
 7    -7   -6  6  -5 5-4  4
who brings us con-so-la-tion

6  5  -4    4    -2 4  -4    5   -5   6    6
O see Him there, so na-ked, weak and help-less
6 5  -4   4   -2  4  -4 5  -5    6 
A ti-ny Babe with-in a man-ger laid
 4     -3   -4 -2  4   -3   4   -4   -3  4   4
From heav’n a-bove He comes to earth to save us
-4   5   -4  5   -5   6   7   6
As God’s in-car-nate Word He is (He is)
7   6         7    -7  -6    6   -5   5-4   4
He is (He is) our Lord and faith-ful Shep-herd
7   6         7   6
He is (He is) He is (He is) 
7    -7  -6    6   -5   5-4  4
Our Lord and faith-ful Shep-herd