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"Adam lay ybounden", originally titled Adam lay i-bowndyn, is a 15th-century English Christian text of unknown authorship. It relates the Biblical events of Genesis, Chapter 3 on the Fall of Man.

Originally a song text, no contemporary musical settings survive, although there are many notable modern choral settings of the text, such as that by Boris Ord.

LYRICS:
We come with beautiful secrets
We come with purposes written on our hearts, written on our souls
We come to every new morning
With possibilities only we can hold, that only we can hold

Redemption comes in strange places, small spaces
Calling out the best of who we are

And I want to add to the beauty
To tell a better story
Shine with the light
That's burning up inside

It comes in small inspirations
It brings redemption to life and work, to our lives and our work
It comes in loving community
It comes in helping a soul find it's worth, a soul find it's worth

Redemption comes in strange places, small spaces
Calling out the best of who we are

And I want to add to the beauty
To tell a better story
Shine with the light
That's burning up inside

And this is grace, an invitation to be beautiful
And this is grace, an invitation

Redemption comes in strange places, small spaces
Calling out our best

And I want to add to the beauty
And I want to shine with the light
That's burning up inside

Add to the beauty
I want to tell a better story
Shine with the light
That's burning up inside

This Christmas carol has been attributed to various authors, including John Francis Wade (1711–1786), John Reading (1645–1692), King John IV of Portugal (1604–1656), and anonymous Cistercian monks. In modern English hymnals, the text is usually credited to John Francis Wade, whose name appears on the earliest printed versions. Wade, an English Catholic, lived in exile in France and made a living as a copyist of musical manuscripts which he found in libraries.
The tune has been attributed to several musicians, from John Reading and his son, to Handel, and even the German composer Gluck. The Portuguese composer Marcos Portugal as well as King John IV of Portugal have also been credited. Thomas Arne, whom Wade knew, is another possible composer

Adeste Fideles, also known as "O Come, All Ye Faithful," is a popular Christmas carolthat has been attributed to various authors, including John Francis Wade (1711–1786), John Reading (1645–1692), King John IV of Portugal (1604–1656), and anonymous Cistercian monks. The earliest printed version is in a book published by Wade in 1751. Besides John Francis Wade, the tune has been attributed to several musicians, from John Reading and his son, to Handel, and even the German composer Christoph Willibald Gluck. The Portuguese composer Marcos Portugal as well as King John IV of Portugal have also been credited. Thomas Arne, whom Wade knew, is another possible composer.
The hymn invites the faithful to come and worship the newborn King in Bethlehem.
Lyrics:
Adeste, fideles, laeti triumphantes;
Venite, venite in Bethlehem.
Natum videte Regem angelorum.

Refrain:
Venite adoremus,
Venite adoremus,
Venite adoremus, Dominum.

Cantet nunc hymnos chorus angelorum,
Cantet nunc aula caelestium:
Gloria, gloria in excelsis Deo;

Refrain

Ergo qui natus die hodierna,
Iesu, tibi sit gloria:
Patris aeterni verbum caro factum:

Refrain