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745. There's a Song in the Air

1 There’s a song in the air! There’s a star in the sky!
There’s a mother’s deep prayer and a baby’s low cry!
And the star rains its fire while the beautiful sing,
For the manger of Bethlehem cradles a King!

2 There’s a tumult of joy o’er the wonderful birth,
For the virgin’s sweet Boy is the Lord of the earth.
Ay! the star rains its fire while the beautiful sing,
For the manger of Bethlehem cradles a King!

3 In the light of that star lie the ages impearled;
And that song from afar has swept over the world.
Every hearth is aflame, and the beautiful sing
In the homes of the nations that Jesus is King!

4 We rejoice in the light, and we echo the song
That comes down through the night from the heavenly throng.
Ay! we shout to the lovely evangel they bring,
And we greet in His cradle our Savior and King!

Text Information
First Line: There's a song in the air! There's a star in the sky!
Title: There's a Song in the Air
Author: Josiah G. Holland (1872)
Meter: 12.12.12.12
Scripture:
Source: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Theres_a_Song_in_the_Air); The Cyber Hymnal (http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/t/s/tsongair.htm)
Tune Information
Name: CHRISTMAS SONG
Composer: Karl P. Harrington (1904)
Meter: 12.12.12.12
Key: G Major
Source: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Theres_a_Song_in_the_Air); The Cyber Hymnal (http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/t/s/tsongair.htm)



Media
MIDI file: Theres_a_Song_in_the_Air.mid
(http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Theres_a_Song_in_the_Air)
More media are available on the text authority and tune authority pages.

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