IT CAME UPON A MIDNIGHT CLEAR
Words: Edmund Sears
Tune: Richard Storrs Willis
VERSE 1
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IT CAME UPON A MIDNIGHT CLEAR THAT GLORIUS SONG OF OLD
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FROM ANGELS BENDING NEAR THE EARTH TO TOUCH THEIR HARPS OF GOLD
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PEACE ON THE EARTH GOOD WILL TO MEN FROM HEAVEN’S ALL GRACIOUS KING
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THE WORLD IN SOLEMN STILLNESS LAY TO HEAR THE ANGELS SING
VERSE 2
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STILL THROUGH THE CLOVEN SKIES THEY COME WITH PEACEFUL WINGS UN-FURLED
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AND STILL THEIR HEAVENLY MU-SIC FLOATS O’ER ALL THE WEARY WORLD
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A-BOVE IT’S SAD AND LOW-LY PLAINS THEY BEND ON HOVERING WING
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AND EVER O’ER IT’S BA-BEL SOUNDS THE BLESSED ANGELS SING
VERSE 3
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YET WITH THE WOES OF SIN AND STRIFE THE WORLD HAS SUFFERED LONG
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BE-NEATH THE HEAVENLY HYMN HAVE ROLLED TWO THOUSAND YEARS OF WRONG
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AND WARRING HUMAN -KIND HEARS NOT THE TIDINGS WHICH THEY BRING
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O HUSH THE NOISE AND CEASE THE STRIFE AND HEAR THE ANGELS SING
VERSE 4
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FOR LO THE DAYS ARE HASTEN-ING ON BY PROPHETS SEEN OF OLD
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WHEN WITH THE EVER CIR-CLING YEARS SHALL COME THE TIME FORE-TOLD
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WHEN PEACE SHALL OVER ALL THE EARTH ITS ANCIENT SPLENDORS FLING
G C G C G C D G
AND ALL THE WORLD GIVES BACK THE SONG WHICH NOW THE ANGELS SING
