Text: | While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks |
Author: | N. Tate, 1672-1715 |
Tune: | WINCHESTER OLD |
Composer (attr.): | G. Kirbye, c. 1560-1634 |
1 While shepherds watched their flocks by night,
All seated on the ground,
The angel of the Lord came down,
And glory shone around.
2 "Fear not," said he, for mighty dread
Had seized their troubled mind;
"Glad tidings of great joy I bring
To you and all mankind.
3 "To you, in David's town, this day,
Is born of David's line
A Savior, who is Christ the Lord;
And this shall be the sign:
4 The heav'nly Babe you there shall find
To human view displayed,
All meanly wrapped in swaddling-clothes
And in a manger laid."
5 Thus spake the seraph,and forthwith
Appeared a shining throng
Of angels, praising God, and thus
Addressed their joyful song:
6 "All glory be to God on high,
And to the earth be peace;
Good will henceforth from Heav'n to men
Begin and never cease."
Text Information | |
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First Line: | While shepherds watched their flocks by night |
Title: | While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks |
Author: | N. Tate, 1672-1715 |
Meter: | C M |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1996 |
Topic: | Nativity of our Lord |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | WINCHESTER OLD |
Composer (attr.): | G. Kirbye, c. 1560-1634 |
Meter: | C M |
Key: | F Major |