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%OHSCRIP Lk 2:8-14, Is 9:1-6, Gen 11:9
%OHTOPICS {Angels}, {Calmness}, {Christmas/Advent}, {Comfort [3,4,5]}, {God, As King [1]}, {God's Children - the Faithful (see also Saints, People of the World)}, {Peace [1-3,5]}, {People of the World}, {Reverence}
%OHCATEGORY CHRISTMAS
%OHMETRICAL 8 6 8 6 8 6 8 6
%OHCOMPLEXITY 3
%OHCOMPOSER Willis, Richard Storrs (1819-1900)
%OHARRANGER unknown
%OHAUTHOR Sears, Edmund Hamilton (1810-1876)
%OHTRANSLATOR none
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X: 1
T: It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
C: Words: Edmund H. Sears, 1849.  Music: 'Carol' Richard S. Willis, 1861.  
C: Setting: "Order of worship for the Reformed Church in the United States", 1866.
C: copyright: public domain.  This score is a part of the Open Hymnal Project, 2005 Revision.
S: Music source: "Order of worship for the Reformed Church in the United States", 1866 Hymn 63.
S: supposed to be found in "Church Corals and Choir Studies" 1850 by Willis, but I don't see it in that book. 
S: some sources say 1850, some 1859, some 1861.  Willis was editor for "The Musical World" magazine.  Probably first appeared there.
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[V: S1V1] [Q:1/4=60] F/ | d A/ c/B/ G/ | F G/ F F/ | G/A/ B/ B/c/ d/ | c3/2- c
w: 1.~It came up- on * the mid- night clear, That glor- * ious song * of old,  * 
w: 2.~Still through the clo- * ven skies they come With peace- * ful wings * un- furled,  * 
w: 3.~Yet with the woes * of sin and strife The world * has suf- * fered long;  * 
w: 4.~And ye, be- neath * life's crush- ing load, Whose forms * are bend- * ing low,  * 
w: 5.~For lo! the days * are has- t'ning on, By pro- * phet\- bards * fore- told,  * 
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[V: S1V1]  F/ | d A/ c/B/ G/ | F G/ F F/ | G G/ A/G/ F/ | B3/2- B
w: From an- gels bend- * ing near the earth, To touch their harps * of gold;  * 
w: And still their hea- ven- ly mu- sic floats O'er all the wea- * ry world;  * 
w: Be- neath the an- * gel strain have rolled Two thou- sand years * of wrong;  * 
w: Who toil a- long * the climb- ing way With pain- ful steps * and slow,  * 
w: When with the ev- * er circ- ling years Comes round the age * of gold;  * 
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[V: S1V1]  d/ | d D/ D/=E/ ^F/ | G A/ B d/ | c/B/ A/ G/A/ G/ | F3/2- F
w: "Peace on the earth, * good will to men, From Heav- en's all gra- * cious King."  * 
w: A- bove its sad * and low- ly plains, They bend * on hov- * 'ring wing,  * 
w: And man, at war * with man, hears not The love\- * song which * they bring;  * 
w: Look now! for glad * and gold- en hours Come swift- * ly on * the wing.  * 
w: When peace shall ov- * er all the earth Its an- * cient splen- * dors fling,  * 
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w: The world in so- * lemn still- ness lay, To hear the an- * gels sing.  * 
w: And ev- er ov- er its Ba- bel sounds The bless- èd an- * gels sing.  * 
w: O hush the noise, * ye men of strife And hear the an- * gels sing.  * 
w: O rest be- side * the wear- y road, And hear the an- * gels sing!  * 
w: And the whole world * send back the song Which now the an- * gels sing.  * 
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