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Text:Hark! the herald angels sing
Author:Charles Wesley, 1707-1788
Tune:MENDELSSOHN
Adapter:William Hayman Cummings, 1831-1915
Composer:Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, 1809-1847

171. Hark! the herald angels sing

Text Information
First Line: Hark! the herald angels sing
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 (alt.)
Refrain First Line: Hark! the herald angels sing
Meter: 7 7 7 7 D.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1918
Topic: God: His Attributes, Works and Word: The Lord Jesus Christ - His Advent and Nativity; The Church: The Sacraments - The Lord's Supper; Hymns for the Young: The Lord Jesus - His Life and Death
Tune Information
Name: MENDELSSOHN
Composer: Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, 1809-1847
Adapter: William Hayman Cummings, 1831-1915
Meter: 7 7 7 7 D.
Key: G Major
Copyright: By permission of Novello and Company, Limited
Notes: Now Public Domain



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