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12456 | The Cyber Hymnal#12457 | 12458 |
Text: | The Shepherds of Bethlehem |
Author: | William Orcutt Cushing |
Tune: | [They were watching on the hillsides] |
Composer: | Benjamin Russell Hanby |
Media: | MIDI file |
1 They were watching on the hillsides,
For the coming day,
With the starry folds of night above them spread;
When a glory flashed around them, like a ray,
Thro’ the pearly portals on them shed.
Refrain:
"Glory to God in the highest,"
Came floating down the air;
"Glory to God in the highest!"
Seemed ringing everywhere;
"Glory, glory," oh children,
Come sing that song again,
"Glory to God in the highest!
Good will and peace to men."
2 Louder swell the joyful anthems
From the angel throng;
Over hill and vale the strains enchanted float;
See the wondering shepherds listening to the song,
Trembling, yet rejoicing at the sight! [Refrain]
3 Oh, the joyful, joyful tidings!
For to you is born,
Christ the wondrous Savior and the mighty King;
Hail, ye waiting nations, hail the joyous morn!
Happy tidings now to earth we bring. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | They were watching on the hillsides |
Title: | The Shepherds of Bethlehem |
Author: | William Orcutt Cushing (1866) |
Refrain First Line: | "Glory to God in the highest" |
Language: | English |
Source: | The Dove by George F. Root and Benjamin Hanby (Chicago: Root & Cady, 1866) |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [They were watching on the hillsides] |
Composer: | Benjamin Russell Hanby |
Key: | D Major |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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MIDI file: | MIDI |
Noteworthy Composer score: | Noteworthy Composer Score |