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PORTUGUESE
HYMN.
P.
M.
"Saying,
Where
is
he
that
is
born
King
of
the
Jews?
for
we
have
seen
his
star
in
the
east,
and
are
come
to
worship
him."-Matt.
2-2.
Marco
Portogallo,
about
1780.
Key
of
A
Major.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.
1
Hither,
ye
faithful,
haste
wiih
songs
of
triumph,
To
Beth - le - hem
haste,
the
Lord
of
life
to
meet;
To
you
this
day
is
born
a
Prince
and
2
O
Je - sus,
for
such
wondrous
con - des-cen-sion,
Our
praises
and
rev
-
er
-
ence
are
an
offering
meet;
Now
the
Word
made
flesh
and
dwells
a-
3 Shout
his
almigh
-
ty
name,
ye
choirs
of
an
-
gels.
And
let
the
ce
-
les
-
ti
-
al
courts
his
praise
repeat;
Un
-
to
our
God
be
glo - ry
in
the
Chorus.
Sav-iour;
O
come,
and
let
us
worship,
O
come,
and
let
us
worship,
O
come
and
let
us
wor
-
ship
at
his
feet.
mong
us:
high
-
est.
O
come
and
let
us
wor
-
ship.
O
come
and
let
us
wor
-
ship.
O
come
and
let
us
wor
-
ship
at
his
feet.
This
is
one
of
the
oldest
melodies
of
America.
There
are
different
claims
about
the
tune.
Some
claim
that
it
was
composed
by
John
Reading,
but
the
most
reli-
able
source
claims
it
was
by
Marco
Portogallo,
or
Marco,
the
Portuguese,
a
muscian
born
1763,
who
became
a
composer
of
music
in
Italy
at
an
early
age.
He
was
Chapel
Master
to
the
Portuguese
King.
He
died
in
Italy
in
1830.
For
further
history
of
this
matter
would
refer
to
the
story
of
hymns
and
tunes
by
Brown
and
But-
terworth,
pages
205
and
206.
Portuguese
Hymn
has
been
published
in
Missouri
Harmony,
1827
and
1837,
page
120;
in
the
American
Psalmody,
1812,
page
205;
in
"Church
Choirs
of
the
Early
Date,"
page
30;
in
"Boston
Academy
of
Music,"
page
238:
in
"Church
Music"
by
R.
H.
Wall,
page
19;
"The
Boston
Hayden
So-
ciety,"
page
239,
and
in
many
other
song
books,
all
dating
early
in
the
19th
century.