Christmas Songbook - Celebrating Holidays

Christmas Songbook

Compliments of Celebrating Holidays

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SONGS, Carols, Hymns and Music of Christmas

Angels From the Realms of Glory

Words: JAMES MONTGOMERY

With dignity {q = 96}

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4 4

oeoe

oeoe

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1. An - gels from the 2. Shep - herds, in the 3. Sag - es, leave your 4. Saints, be - fore the 5. Though an in - fant

oe

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oeoe

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oe. oe oe oe. oe oe oe

realms fields con -

al now

oe oe

..

of glo - ry, a - bid - ing, tem - pla - tions, tar bend - ing, we view Him,

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REGENT SQUARE Music: HENRY THOMAS SMART

oeoe

oeoe

wing your watch - ing bright - er watch - ing

He shall

oeoe

oe oe

oe oe oeoe

flight o'er o'er your vi - sions long in fill His

oeoe oe oe

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&b oe oe

oe oe

all

the earth;

flocks by night,

beam a - far;

hope and fear,

Fath - er's throne.

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oe oeoe oeoe oe

ye who God with seek the sud - den Gath - er

sang man great - ly all

oeoe oe oeoe

oe. oe oe oe.

cre - a -

is

now

de - sire

the

Lord,

the

na -

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Refrain

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oeoeoe

now pro - claim

yon - der shines

ye have seen

in

His tem -

ev' - ry knee

oeoe oe

oeoe

n oeoe

Mes - si - ah's

the

in - fant

the

na - tal

ple

shall ap -

shall then bow

birth: light; star; pear; down.

oe. oe.

Come

j

oeoe oe oeoe oe

tion's sto - ry, re - sid - ing, of na - tions; de - scend - ing,

tions to Him;

oeoe oeoe

# oeoe

J

j

oe oe

oeoe

oe

and wor - ship,

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# oeoe

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b &b

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come

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j

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and wor - ship,

boe oeoe

oe oe

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J

oeoe oeoe

wor - ship

oe oe oeoe

oeoe oe oeoe

Christ, the

oeoe oeoe oeoe

oe oe.

oe oe

J

new - born King!

oeoe oe

oe

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SONGS, Carols, Hymns and Music of Christmas

Angels We Have Heard On High

Words: ANONYMOUS Translated by: JAMES CHADWICK

Exultantly {q = 108}

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4 4

oeoe

oeoe

oeoe

oe oe

j

oe. oe

oe oe

1. An - gels we have heard on high 2. Shep - herds, why this ju - bi - lee? 3. Come to Beth - le - hem and see 4. See Him in a man - ger laid,

oe ?4oe

b4

oe oe

oe oe

oeoe

oe oeoe oe

GLORIA Music: FRENCH CAROL Arranged by: EDWARD SHIPPEN BARNES

oeoe

oeoe

oeoe

oe oe

j oe. oe oe

sweet - ly Why your Him whose whom the

sing - ing joy - ous birth the choirs of

o'er strains

an an -

the plains, pro - long? gels sing; gels praise;

oe oe

oe

oe oe

oeoe

oeoe.

j oe

oe

oe

j

& b oeoe

oeoe

oeoe

oe oe

oe. oe

oe oe

and the moun - tains What the glad - some come, a - dore on Ma - ry, Jo - seph,

in

re - ply

ti - dings be?

bend - ed knee,

lend your aid,

?

oe oe

oe oe

oe oe

oeoe

b

oe oeoe oe

oe oe

oe oe

oeoe

oe oe

ech - o - ing their Which in - spire your Christ the Lord, the while our hearts in

oeoeoe oe oeoeoe oe

j oeoe. oe oe

joy - ous strains.

heav'n - ly song?

new - born King.

love we raise.

oe. oe

j oe

oe

Refrain

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in ex - cel - sis

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De - o!

&b

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SONGS, Carols, Hymns and Music of Christmas

Away in A Manger

Words: ANONYMOUS

Moderately {q = 100}

j

&

b

3 4

oeoe

oeoe ..

oeoe oeoe

1. A - way

in a

2. The cat - tle are

3. Be

near

me, Lord

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oe

oeoe

oeoe

oe oe

man - ger, no low - ing the

Je - sus, I

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oe

oe oe

MUELLER Music: JAMES RAMSEY MURRAY

oeoe oeoe oe

oeoe

crib for His

bed,

the

Ba - by a - wakes,

but

ask Thee to

stay,

close

oeoeoe oeoeoe

oeoe oeoe

&b oeoe ..

j oe oeoe

oeoe oeoe

oe oe

lit - tle Lord Je - sus laid

lit - tle Lord Je - sus no

by

me for - ev - er, and

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oeoe

oeoe

oeoe

oe oe

down His sweet

cry - ing

He

love me,

I

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oeoe

head; makes. pray.

the I Bless

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oe

OE

& b oeoe..

stars love all

? b oe

j oeoe oeoe

in the Thee, Lord the dear

oe oeoe

oeoe oeoe

sky Je - sus, chil - dren

oe oe

looked look

in

oeoe oeoe

oeoe oeoe oeoe

down where He down from the Thy ten - der

oeoe oeoe oeoe

oeoe

lay,

the

sky

and

care,

and

oe oeoeoe

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& b oeoe..

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oeoe oe oe oeoe

oe oe

oeoe

oeoe

lit - tle Lord

Je - sus

a - sleep on

the

hay.

stay

by my

cra - dle 'til

morn - ing

is

nigh.

take

us to

heav - en

to

live with Thee

there.

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SONGS, Carols, Hymns and Music of Christmas

Go, Tell It on the Mountain

Words: ANONYMOUS Stanzas 1-3 Attributed to: JOHN WESLEY WORK, JR.

Music: AFRICANAMERICAN SPIRITUAL

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4 4

Go,

oeoe oe

...

oe

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..

oe

tell it on the moun - tain,

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o - ver the hills and

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...

oe

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...

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ev - 'ry - where;

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go,

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...

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..

oe

oeoe oeoe oeoe

oeoe oe

oeoe oe

oeoe .. oe.

oe oeoe oe

...

tell it on the moun - tain that Je - sus Christ is born.

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oe

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..

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1. While 2. The 3. Down 4. When

shep - herds kept their

shep - herds feared and

in a low - ly

I

was a

watch - ing trem - bled, man - ger seek - er,

o'er si - lent flocks by when lo! a - bove the the hum - ble Christ was

I sought both night and

night, earth born, day,

be rang and

I

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& b oeoe

oe oe

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oeoe

oe oe

oe oe

oe oe

oeoe

oeoe

hold through - out the out the an - gel God sent us sal sought the Lord to

heav - ens cho - rus - va - tion help me

there that that and

shone a ho - ly hailed our Sav - ior's bless - ed Christ - mas

He showed me the

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to Refrain

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light. birth. morn. way.

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