Paul Richardson informs me that one Mark Mortimer has translated more than 300 English hymns into Latin. Here's the first verse of For All the Saints:
Ob sanctos, qui nacturi requiem 
te per suam confessi sunt fidem,
te salutamus, Jesu, celebrem.
Alleluia, Alleluia!
And Hark, the Herald Angels Sing:
Laudes cantant angeli
Regis nuper geniti.
Pacem terrae dat Deus
veniamque sontibus.
Gentes quot sunt inferae,
cum supernis psallite
nati nunc Davidica
urbe iuncta encomia!
Laudes cantant angeli
Regis nuper geniti.
What an outstandingly time-consuming hobby. And here I thought I was whacko.
The book is available here for the bargain price of 11 pounds, and also on Amazon.uk
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