I’m slogging through the largely traditional Advent repertoire of CWB II and I’ve already done:
I have actually done a version of this song too as “The Advent of Our King”. This is a different translation of Charles Coffin’s text – translated by Anthony G. Petti and based on Robert Campbell, except for the fourth verse, which is from the other version by John Chandler – is that quite clear.
Here it is set to FRANCONIA by William Henry Havergal. I got the chords from the ever reliable Together in Song for more fake BIAB organ.
The text used here is from the New Catholic Hymnal and is the same used in CWB I if you have a dog eared copy of that. I can’t find the lyrics on the internet but two verses are used to light the Advent candle in this liturgy. I think CWB II picked the better text, but one that is adapted enough from its public domain sources to be copyright – well done Faber.
This is the other text set to FRANCONIA.