LiturgyTools.net: Free Advent songsheet

This is a one-sheet-of-paper (ie two A4 page) selection of "free-use" hymns and songs for Advent, which are widely-known in English-speaking countries.

All hymns are in the public domain. This means they can be sung anywhere, and the sheet can be copied for free.

Downloads

MS Word version - lets you change the contents eg local spelling,

PDF file - prints with exactly the same format you see on screen

To download a file, click a link above. You’ll be taken to a page were can either print it or save a copy of it onto your own computer.

This printable is for your own parish / school / etc.

To share it with friends and associates, please give them the link to this post.

How to use the Free Advent song-sheet

Simply open and print this sheet, and sing from it - no preparation is required!

But you are welcome to adapt it:

The pages are designed to be printed back to back.
There is a season-heading at the top of the page. You could change this to show your own logo or church-name.

For on-off use, print it on paper. For a longer-lasting resource, print on lightweight card, or be laminate the pages.

Change the hymns which are included:
The PDF version give you a file that prints exactly as it looks on screen.
The Microsoft Word version can be edited. The only request - if you add any hymns that are not public-domain (eg because your church / school etc has permission to make copies), then please remove the page-footer.

The hymns the Advent hymn-sheet are listed below, along with brief author details. Click on the link for full details, including PowerPoint slides and sheet music where available.

No	Hymn	Author
1	O Come O Come Emmanuel	John Mason Neale (1818-1866)
2	Come O Long-Expected Jesus	Charles Wesley (1707 - 1788)
3	On Jordan’s Bank	John Chandler (1806-1876), translated from Charles Coffin (1676-1749)
4	Hail to the Lord’s Anointed	James Montgomery (1771–1854)
5	O Come Divine Messiah	Sister Mary of St. Philip, SND, aka Mary Frances Lescher (1825-1904), translated from M. l'abbé Simon-Joseph Pellegrin (1663-1745)
6	Creator of the Stars of Night	John Mason Neale (1818-1866), translated from Conditor alme siderum
7	Rejoice in the Lord	unknown, based on Philippians 4:4
8	Prepare ye the Way	A short phrase used in Isaiah, and by John the Baptist: Some common tunes may be copyright, but the words are not
9	Hark! A Herald Voice is Calling	Edward Caswall (1814-1878), from En clara vox redarguit.
10	Gabriel’s Message	Sabine Baring-Gould (1834 – 1924)