O Come Away, Ye Shepherds (chromatic)

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


4  -3  3 -2  1   -2   3      -3    -3*   4
O come a-way ye shep-herds, leave your sheep
4  -3   3   -2  1   -2   3  -3  -3*  4
A King has come to ease our woe so deep!
-2   2    3     1   -2   2    -2  3  2  -2  -2
O change your tears to praise and ju-bi-la-tion
3   -3   3  -3-3*  4 -6  5  
We jour-ney to a-dore a God (a God)
-6 5          -6    6    -5  4 -3* -33 -2
A God (a God) who brings us con-so-la-tion
-6 5         -6  5
a God (a God) a God (a God) 
-6    6    -5  4 -3* -33 -2
who brings us con-so-la-tion

4 -3   3    -2   1  -2  3    -3  -3*  4    4
O see Him there, so na-ked, weak and help-less
4 -3  3  -2    1  -2 3 -3  -3*   4
A ti-ny Babe with-in a man-ger laid
 -2     2   3  1   -2   2   -2   3   2   -2  -2
From heav’n a-bove He comes to earth to save us
3   -3   3  -3   -3*  4   -6  5
As God’s in-car-nate Word He is (He is)
-6  5         -6    6  -5    4   -3* -3 3  -2
He is (He is) our Lord and faith-ful Shep-herd
-6  5         -6  5
He is (He is) He is (He is) 
-6    6  -5    4   -3* -3 3  -2
Our Lord and faith-ful Shep-herd