the Snow Lay on the Ground

X: 1
T: the Snow Lay on the Ground
O: Trad Ireland
R: jig
Z: 2006 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: G
% %continuous 1
D | "G"B2A G2F | G3 D3 | "C"c3 "G"B3 | "D7"A3- A2A |
w: 1.~The snow lay on the ground, the star shone bright,* when
w: 2.~'Twas Ma-ry, Vir-gin pure, of ho-ly Anne,* that
w: 3.~Sain Jo-seph, too, was by to tend the child;* to
  "D7"G2F E2F | D3 c3 | "G"B3 "D7"A3 | "G"G3- Gz ||
w: Christ out Lord was born on Christ-mas night.*
w: brouht in-to this world the God made man.*
w: guard Him and pro-tect His moth-er mild;*
D | "G"B2A G2F | G3 D3 | "C"c3 "G"B3 | "D7"A3- A2A |
w: Ve-ni-te a-do-re-mus Do-mi-num,* ve-
w: She laid Him in a stall at Beth-le-hem;* the
w: The an-gels hov-ered round, and sang this song:* Ve-
  "D7"G2F E2F | D3 c3 | "G"B3 "D7"A3 | "G"G3- Gz ||
w: ni-te a-do-re-mus Do-mi-num.*
w: ass and ox-en shared the roof with them.*
w: ni-te a-do-re-mus Do-mi-num.*
|: B | "G"d2c B2A | B2 d2 | "Am"c3 "E7"B3 | "Am"c3- c2c |
w: Ve-ni-te a-do-re-mus Do-mi-num,* ve-
  c2B A2G | "D7"A3 c2 | "G"B3 "D7"A3 | "G"G3- Gz :|
w: ni-te a-do-re-mus Do-mi-num.

Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/Scotland/SnowLayOnTheGround/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/Scotland/song/SnowLayOnTheGround_Gw/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/song/Snow_Lay_on_the_Ground_Gw/0000