Speaking of the Latin for O Come O Come Emmanuel and What is the crying at Jordan, I wonder if any of you Latin scholars (of course I would post this just after Joe Offer left!) have the lyrics to Charles Coffin's hymn Jordanis oras praevia, which is the basis for the English hymn On Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry (John Chandler). Not a folk text, but often sung to Puer Nobis (Nascitur), which is a very old and anonymous tune... As a Baptist I have always been partial to this one.

Liland
My dad was John the Baptist ;-)