There are a couple of different Irish manuscript tunes for "Sancti Venite" that show up in the Danta De hymnal. (Not surprising, since the Irish believed "Sancti Venite" was an Irish Latin hymn, and had legends about it.) They're scavenged for hymn tunes along with all the rest.
Anyway, I finally realized today that the reason the first "Sancte Venite" tune (the one from an MS from 1746) sounded familiar was that it was essentially the same tune as GARTAN, the Irish tune from Stanford-Petrie that's used for "Love Came Down at Christmas". And sure enough, you can sing the Latin to GARTAN (or its older version) very easily. It even brings out some (possibly Irish) assonantal features I'd never noticed before.
http://www.preces-latinae.org/thesaurus/AnteMissam/SanctiVenite.html
Since "Sancti Venite" is nice and short, and a good Communion hymn, you might want to bear this in mind. (Not that there's anything wrong with the chant tune of it, of course.)
Neale's translation "Draw Nigh and Take the Body of the Lord" doesn't scan too well, though.
Anyway, I finally realized today that the reason the first "Sancte Venite" tune (the one from an MS from 1746) sounded familiar was that it was essentially the same tune as GARTAN, the Irish tune from Stanford-Petrie that's used for "Love Came Down at Christmas". And sure enough, you can sing the Latin to GARTAN (or its older version) very easily. It even brings out some (possibly Irish) assonantal features I'd never noticed before.
http://www.preces-latinae.org/thesaurus/AnteMissam/SanctiVenite.html
Since "Sancti Venite" is nice and short, and a good Communion hymn, you might want to bear this in mind. (Not that there's anything wrong with the chant tune of it, of course.)
Neale's translation "Draw Nigh and Take the Body of the Lord" doesn't scan too well, though.