CHRISTNACHT

Tune Information

Texts

A thousand years have come and gone,
And near a thousand more,
Since happier light from heaven shone
Than ever shone before;
And in the hearts of old and young
A joy most joyful stirred,
That sent such news from tongue to tongue
As ears had never heard.

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Alternative Tunes

• NOEL (Sullivan)
  
• EPHRATAH (Burnap)
  

Instances

Immanuel Hymnal #124

Tune Title: CHRISTNACHT First Line: A thousand years have come and gone Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Incipit: 51512 33343 21271 Date: 1929 Source: German Traditional

Immanuel Hymnal #124