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Text: | While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks |
Author: | Nahum Tate, 1652-1715 |
Tune: | WINCHESTER OLD |
Composer: | Christopher Tye, c. 1497-c. 1572 |
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 humankind."
3 "To you, in David's town, this day
Is born of David's line,
The 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 bands,
And in a manger laid."
Text Information | |
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First Line: | While shepherds watched their flocks by night |
Title: | While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks |
Author: | Nahum Tate, 1652-1715 |
Meter: | CM |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2015 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Christmas |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | WINCHESTER OLD |
Composer: | Christopher Tye, c. 1497-c. 1572 |
Meter: | CM |
Key: | F Major or modal |
Source: | Thomas Este's Whole Booke of Psalmes, London, 1592 |