You That Have Spent the Silent Night

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Ye that have spent the silent night

Author: George Gascoigne
Published in 33 hymnals

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1 You that have spent the silent night
in sleep and quiet rest,
and joy to see the cheerful light
that rises in the east,
that rises in the east,

2 Now lift your hearts, your voices raise,
your morning tribute bring;
all nature join in grateful praise –
rejoice, give thanks, and sing,
rejoice, give thanks, and sing.

Source: Singing the Living Tradition #41

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Author: George Gascoigne

Gascoigne, George, son and heir of Sir John Gascoigne. The date and place of his birth are unknown, but it is probable that he was born about 1525, and from a statement in the Address to Queen Elizabeth prefixed to one of his works, he seems to have spent a part of his early life in Westmoreland. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, from whence he entered the Middle Temple as a student of law before 1548; but neglecting his studies he led a life of reckless extravagance and dissipation, on account of which he was disinherited by his father. In 1555 he migrated to Gray's Inn, but seems to have left it also. In 1557-58 he represented Bedford in Parliament. In 1565 he returned to Gray's Inn, and there, in the following year, two play… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Ye that have spent the silent night
Title:	You That Have Spent the Silent Night
Author:	George Gascoigne
Meter:	8.6.8.6 D
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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LOBT GOTT IHR CHRISTEN

OLD 44th

NUN DANKET ALL (Crüger 16512)

Composed by Johann Crüger (PHH 42) as a setting for Paul Gerhardt's "Nun danket all’ und bringet Ehr," GRÄFENBERG was first published in the 1647 edition of Crüger's Praxis Pietatis Melica. The tune is arbitrarily named after a water-cure spa in Silesia, Austria, which became famous in the 1820…

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