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[Shepherds, what joyful tidings]

[Shepherds, what joyful tidings]

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Tune Information

Title: [Shepherds, what joyful tidings]
Incipit: 11122 33543 21151
Key: G Major
Source: 15th Century Dutch carol
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

Shepherds, O tell your story, Why haste ye so to day?

Shepherds, What Joyful Tidings

Shepherds, what joyful tidings
Have made you sing and play?
Long have we been awaiting
The Lamb that came today.
Cherubim, seraphim sang to us merrily,
Fear not, but hurry ye over to Bethlehem.

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The Cyber Hymnal #6435
Text: Shepherds, What Joyful Tidings
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