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Angels We Have Heard on High

traditional French Carol Gloria, traditional French carol
trans. Jams Chadwick (1813-1882), alt. arr. Edward Shippen Barnes, alt.

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2. Shep - herds, why this ju - bi - lee? Why your joy - ous strains pro - long?

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3. Come to Beth - le - hem and see Him whose birth the an - gels sing;

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and the moun - tains in re - ply ech - o back their joy - ous strains.
Say what may the ti - dings be, which in - spire your heav - 'nly song.

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come a - dore on ben - ded knee Christ, the Lord, the new - born King.

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Deck the Hall

words: traditional English tune: Nos Galan, traditional Welsh

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Deck the hall with boughs of hol - ly,

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See the blaz - ing Yule be - fore us, fa la la la la la la la la.
Fast a - way the old year pas - ses,

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Tis the sea - son to be jol - ly,

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Hail the new, ye lads and las - ses,

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Don we now our gay ap - par - el,

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Fol - low me in mer - ry meas - ure, fa la la la la la la la la.

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Sing we joy - ous all to - geth - er,

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Troll the an - cient Yule - tide car - ol,

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Ding Dong Merrily on High

tune: 16th cent. French

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words by George Ratcliffe Woodward (1848-1934)
harm. by Edward L. Stauff

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2. E'en so here be - low, be - low, let stee - ple bells be
3. Pray ye du - ti - ful - ly prime your ma - tin chime, ye -

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swung - en. And i - o, i - o, i - o by priest and peo - ple
ring - ers; may ye beau - ti - ful - ly rime your eve - time song, ye

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God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

words: traditional English tunr: traditional English
harm. by Charles W. Douglass

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1. God rest ye mer - ry, gen - tle - men, let noth - ing you dis - may, re -
2. From God, our heav'n - ly fa - ther, a bles - sed an - gel came, and
3. "Fear not, then" said the an - gel, "Let noth - ing you af - fright. This
4. Now to the Lord sing prais - ses, all you with - in this place, and

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mem - ber Christ our Sav - iour was born on Christ - mas day to save us all from
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day is born a Sav - iour of a pure vir - gin bright to free all those who
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trust in Him from Sa - tan's pow'r and might.

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joy, com - fort and joy, O ti - dings of com - fort and joy!

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Silent Night
w6rds by Joseph Mohr tune by Franz Gruber, alt.
trans. John F. Young harm. by Carl H. Reinecke

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2. Si - lent night, ho - ly night, shep - herds quake at the sight,

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round yon vir - gin moth - er and child. Ho - ly in - fant so ten - der and mild,
glo - ries stream from heav - en a - far, heav'n - ly hosts sing al - le - lu - ia.

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ra - diant beams from thy ho - ly face with the dawn of re - deem - ing grace,

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sleep in heav - en - ly peace, sleep in heav - en - ly peace.
Christ the Sav - iour is born, Christ the Sav - iour is born!

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The First Nowell traditional English, 17th cent.

traditional English, 18th cent. harm. John Stainer, alt.

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2. They look - ed up and saw a star shin - ing in the
3. And by the light of that same star three wise men
4. This star drew nigh to the north - west, o'er Beth - le -

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came from coun - try far. To seek for a king was their in -
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