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126 | Glory to God#127 | 128 |
Text: | Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Jesus, the Light of the World) |
Author (refrain): | George D. Elderkin |
Author (stanzas): | Charles Wesley |
Tune: | WE’LL WALK IN THE LIGHT |
Arranger: | Evelyn Simpson-Curenton |
Composer: | George D. Elderkin |
Media: | Audio recording |
1 Hark! the herald angels sing.
Jesus, the light of the world.
Glory to the newborn King,
Jesus, the light of the world.
Refrain:
We’ll walk in the light, beautiful light.
Come where the dewdrops of mercy shine bright.
O, shine all around us by day and by night.
Jesus, the light of the world.
2 Joyful all you nations, rise.
Jesus, the light of the world.
Join the triumph of the skies.
Jesus, the light of the world. [Refrain]
3 Christ by highest heaven adored;
Jesus, the light of the world.
Christ, the everlasting Lord;
Jesus, the light of the world. [Refrain]
4 Hail, the heaven-born Prince of Peace!
Jesus, the light of the world.
Hail, the Sun of righteousness!
Jesus, the light of the world. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Hark! the herald angels sing |
Title: | Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Jesus, the Light of the World) |
Author (stanzas): | Charles Wesley (1739) |
Author (refrain): | George D. Elderkin (1890) |
Refrain First Line: | We'll walk in the light, beautiful light |
Meter: | 7.7.7.7 with refrain |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2013 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; |
Topic: | Christian Year: Nativity/Christmas; Christian Year: Epiphany; Jesus Christ: Birth |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | WE’LL WALK IN THE LIGHT |
Composer: | George D. Elderkin (1890) |
Arranger: | Evelyn Simpson-Curenton (2000) |
Meter: | 7.7.7.7 with refrain |
Key: | E♭ Major |
Copyright: | Arr. © 2000 GIA Publications, Inc. |
This blues-tinged setting of a familiar Christmas carol participates in a longstanding African American practice of adapting Anglo-European texts, as is done here by incorporating a repeated internal line and by appending a refrain that expands that line’s language and imagery.
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Audio recording: | ![]() |