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title: It Came upon the Midnight Clear
key: Bb
time: 6/8
tempo: 100
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[Stanzas]
L1: It came up - on the mid - night clear, that glo - rious song of old, | from an - gels ben - ding near the earth to touch their harps of gold: | "Peace on the earth, good will to men, from heaven's all gra - cious King." | The world in so - lemn still - ness lay, to hear the an - gels sing.
L2: Still through the clo - ven skies they come with peace - ful wings un - furled, | and still their heaven - ly mu - sic floats o'er all the wea - ry world; | a - bove its sad and low - ly plains, they bend on ho - vering wing, | and e - ver o'er its Ba - bel sounds, the bles - sed an - gels sing.
L3: And ye, be - neath life's cru - shing load, whose forms are ben - ding low, | who toil a - long the climb - ing way with pain - ful steps and slow, | look now! for glad and gol - den hours come swift - ly on the wing. | O rest be - side the wea - ry road, and hear the an - gels sing!
L4: For lo! the days are has - tening on, by pro - phet seen of old, | when with the ev - er - cir - cling years shall come the time fore - told | when peace shall o - ver all the earth its an - cient splen - dors fling, | and the whole world send back the song which now the an - gels sing.
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