| FIRST LINE
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1:18-21 | Angel came to Mary and said Do not be
| Sam Hargreaves
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1:18-21 | God has been gracious a Son he gives
| Christopher M. Idle
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| 10 5 10 5
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1:18-25 | Christians awake salute the happy morn
| John Byrom tr/ad by Jubilate Hymns
| ©
| 10 10 10 10 10 10
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1:18-25 | Jesus hope of every nation
| Michael A. Perry
| ©
| 8 7 8 7
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1:20 | While the world awaited God's redeeming
| Robert (Michael) George Cullinan
| ©1996
| 11 11 11 11
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1:20 | As Joseph was a walking he heard an
| Henry John Gauntlett
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| 7 6 7 6 D
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1:20 | Joseph dearest Joseph mine Help me
| German tr/ad by N. S. T.
| 15 c
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1:20-25 | And neither was he born in house nor
| Michael A. Perry
| ©
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1:20-25 | The wonder of salvation beyond our
| Christopher M. Idle
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1:21 | Blessed be the Lord who sent his Son To
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| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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1:21 | Everlasting Father the Prince of Peace
| Paul Wigmore
| ©
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1:21 | The shepherd guards his sheep upon
| Michael A. Perry
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1:21 | When Christ was born in Bethlehem there
| John Capon
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1:21 | Happy day of great rejoicing We proclaim
| tr/ad by Mollie Knight
| ©
| 8 7 8 7 D
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1:21 | I know of a name a beautiful name
| Jean Perry
| 1916
| 10 8 10 8 and refrain
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1:21 | There is a name so sweet on earth
| E. Roberts
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| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.) and refra
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1:21 | That beautiful Name
| Jean Perry
| 1916
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1:21 | O Saviour precious Saviour Whom yet
| Frances Ridley Havergal
| 1870
| 7 6 7 6 D
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1:21-23 | Such a night in Bethlehem such a noise
| Paul Wigmore
| ©
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1:21-23 | A child is born for us today a Son to us
| Pearl Beasley
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1:22-23 | God to Adam came in Eden heaven
| Paul Wigmore
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1:22-23 | How joyful is the song that tells of
| Michael A. Perry
| ©
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1:22-23 | Child of mine the Virgin sings
| David Mowbray
| ©
| 7 7 7 7
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1:23 | Thee O Immanuel we praise The Prince
| Paul Gerhardt tr/ad by Katherine Winkworth
| 1653
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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1:23 | Triumph ye heavens rejoice ye with high
| Gerhard Tersteegen tr/ad by British Herald
| 1735
| 14 14 4 7 8
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1:23 | Softly beaming brightly gleaming See yon
| Kate Ulmer
| 1903
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1:23 | God with us O glorious Name Let it shine
| Sarah Slinn
| 1777
| 7 7 7 7
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1:23 | Slowly fall the snowflakes clothing eart
| F. G. Lee
| 1916
| 11 11 11 11
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1:23 | Hark the voice of love and mercy
| Jonathan Evans & Benjamin Francis tr/ad by Jubilate Hymns
| ©
| 8 7 8 7 8 7
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1:23 | Hail our once-rejected Jesus
| John Bakewell & Martin Madan tr/ad by Jubilate Hymns
| ©1757
| 8 7 8 7 D
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1:23 | Hail O once rejected Jesus
| John Bakewell & Martin Madan tr/ad by Jubilate Hymns
| ©1757
| 8 7 8 7 D
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1:23 | Shout aloud girls and boys Sing today
| Michael A. Perry
| ©
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1:23 | Glory be to God on high And peace
| Charles Wesley
| 1745
| 8 6 8 6 D (D.C.M.)
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1:23 | Come and tread the pathway walk this
| Christopher M. Idle
| ©
| 6 5 6 5 7 7
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1:23 | All the law your God has given
| Christopher M. Idle
| ©
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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1:23 | O Trinity O Trinity The uncreated One
| Michael Saward
| ©
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1:23 | Made a way in the wilderness
| Chris Springer & Alicia Williamson
| ©1994
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1:23 | Glory be to God on high And peace
| Charles Wesley
| 1745
| 7 6 7 6 7 7 7 6
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1:23 | Eternal depth of love divine In Jesus
| Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf tr/ad by John Wesley
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| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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1:23 | Into the darkness of this world
| Maggi Dawn
| ©1993
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1:23 | I believe He was born of a virgin
| Wayne Drain
| ©1996
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1:23 | Good news good news to you we bring
| Graham Kendrick
| ©1988
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1:23 | Baby Jesus in the manger
| Gill Broomhall
| ©1992
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1:23 | See the shepherds Hurry down to
| Eden R. (Valerie) Collison
| ©1972
| 11 14 and refrain
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1:23 | Emmanuel O Emmanual
| Graham Kendrick
| ©1988
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1:23 | Wonderful Counsellor they laughed
| Graham Kendrick
| ©1979
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1:23 | Emmanuel Emannuel We call Your name
| Bob McGee
| ©1976
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1:23 | Come sing the sweet song
| Mrs. R. L. Turner
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| 9 8 9 8 and refrain
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1:23 | He walked where I walk
| Graham Kendrick
| ©1988
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1:23-25 | A world in pain a baby's cry
| Christopher M. Idle
| ©
| 8 8 8 4
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1:32-34 | Thine arm O Lord in days of old was
| Edward Hayes Plumptre
| 1864
| 8 6 8 6 D (D.C.M.)
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2 | Two thousand years of sorrow Two
| Christopher M. Idle
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2:1 | The wise men saw a light afar shine out
| Richard Robert Chope
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| 8 7 8 7 D
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2:1 | The Magi came from lands afar Led by the
| F. (Miss) Cozens
| 1894
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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2:1 | Ring bells of Bethlehem ding-dong-ding
| Michael A. Perry
| ©
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2:1 | Glory in the highest heaven grace and
| Michael A. Perry
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2:1 | When holy men of old announced the
| Christopher M. Idle
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2:1 | See Him lying on a bed of straw
| Michael A. Perry
| ©
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2:1 | As with gladness men of old Did the
| William Chatterton Dix
| 1860
| 7 7 7 7 7 7
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2:1 | Angels from the realms of glory
| James Montgomery
| 1816
| 8 7 8 7 and refrain
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2:1 | The first Noel the angel did say
| Traditional English Carol
| 13 c
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2:1 | O little town of Bethlehem How still we
| Phillips Brooks
| 1867
| 8 6 8 6 7 6 8 6
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2:1-2 | Over the hill and over the vale Come
| Charles L. Hutchins
| 1916
| 7 6 7 6 7 7 6 7 7 6
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2:1-2 | Come with the wise men led by any sign
| Burton H. Winslow
| 1903
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2:1-2 | When from the east the wise men came
| J. H. Hopkins
| pre
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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2:1-2 | Travellers all to Bethlehem they sing
| Jubilate Hymns
| ©
| 8 8 8 8 8 8
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2:1-2 | The star of heaven foretells the joy
| Paul Wigmore
| ©
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2:1-2 | Small wonder the star small wonder the
| Paul Wigmore
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2:1-2 | O what a day for singing bells in
| Paul Wigmore
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2:1-2 | No frightened shepherds now to stand
| Paul Wigmore
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2:1-2 | Bright mystical starlight shone over the
| Paul Wigmore
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2:1-2 | I see your crib a cradle where the
| Christopher Porteous
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2:1-2 | Welcome your king Alleluia Lands of the
| Michael A. Perry
| ©
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2:1-2 | The shepherd guards his sheep upon
| Michael A. Perry
| ©
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2:1-2 | How brightly gleams the morning star
| Michael A. Perry
| ©
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2:1-2 | Come ride with kings to Bethlehem
| David Mowbray
| ©
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2:1-2 | Praise for coming of the King Praise for
| Brian Black
| ©
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2:1-2 | The shepherds from the hillside
| Richard T. Bewes
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2:1-2 | Long ago the glorious Christmas star
| I. F. Leyda
| 1916
| 9 7 9 7
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2:1-2 | Bright was the guiding star that led
| Harriet Auber
| 1829
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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2:1-2 | Bright and glorious is the sky
| Nikolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig tr/ad by Unknown
| 1810
| 7 7 8 8 7 7
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2:1-2 | I saw three ships come sailing in
| Traditional Carol
| 1833
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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2:1-2 | I am so glad each Christmas Eve
| IInger Marie Lycke Wexelsen tr/ad by Peter Andrew Sveeggen
| 1859
| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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2:1-2 | They all were looking for a king
| George MacDonald
| 1883
| 8 8 8 6
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2:1-2 | Lo the star in the East over Bethlehem
| Joseph M. Lowrie
| 1870
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2:1-2 | I think of that star of long ago
| Andrew L. Skoog
| 1921
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2:1-2 | Saw you never in the twilight When the
| Cecil Frances (Humphreys) Alexander
| 1853
| 8 7 8 7 D
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2:1-2 | O Jesus King of Glory
| Martin Behm tr/ad by Katherine Winkworth
| 1606
| 7 6 7 6 D
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2:1-2 | From the eastern mountains pressing on
| Godfrey Thring
| 1873
| 6 5 6 5 D and refrain
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2:1-2 | From the eastern mountains pressing on
| Godfrey Thring
| 1873
| 6 5 6 5 D
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2:1-2 | We three kings of Orient are
| John Henry Jr. Hopkins
| 1857
| 8 8 4 4 6 and refrain
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2:1-11 | As with gladness men of old Did the
| William Chatterton Dix tr/ad by Jubilate Hymns
| ©1860
| 7 7 7 7 7 7
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2:1-11 | There's a bright sky over Bethlehem
| Michael A. Perry
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2:1-11 | Christ whose birth was long foretold
| John Capon
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2:1-11 | Christ came in faith to Bethlehem
| John Capon
| ©
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2:1-11 | Wise men they came to look for wisdom
| Christopher M. Idle
| ©
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2:1-12 | Sweet Mary sing to Christ the King thy
| Paul Wigmore
| ©
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2:1-12 | Arise and shine Your light has come as
| Christopher M. Idle
| ©
| 8 6 6 D
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2:1-14 | When shepherds watched and angels sang
| Michael A. Perry
| ©
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2:2 | Whence comes this rush of wings afar
| Old French Carol tr/ad by Unknown
| 1916
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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2:2 | There's a beautiful star a beautiful
| Rossiter Worthington Raymond
| 1875
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2:2 | Christians lo the star appeareth
| James Arnold Blaisdell
| 1900
| 8 7 8 7
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2:2 | Where is the holy Heaven-born Child
| Charles Wesley
| 1745
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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2:2 | Love came down at Christmas
| Christina Georgina Rossetti
| 1885
| 6 7 6 7 and refrain
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2:2 | All my heart this night rejoices
| Paul Gerhardt tr/ad by Jubilate Hymns
| ©1656
| 8 6 6 D
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2:2 | Welcome Jesus child of Mary David's son
| Michael A. Perry
| ©
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2:2 | Christmas greetings Christmas joy
| Christopher M. Idle
| ©
| 7 7 7 7
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2:2 | A king might miss the guiding star
| Louis Fitzgerald Benson
| 1921
| 8 7 8 7 8 7
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2:2 | On the brow of night there shines
| D. K. En
| 1895
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2:2 | The wise men of old saw a beautiful star
| Eliza Edmunds Hewitt
| 1893
| 11 11 11 11 r 10 10 10 10
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2:2 | See the shepherds Hurry down to
| Eden R. (Valerie) Collison
| ©1972
| 11 14 and refrain
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2:2 | Love came down at Christmas
| Christina Georgina Rossetti
| 1885
| 6 7 6 7
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2:5 | Shine calm and bright ye moonbeams light
| George P. Grantham
| 1894
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2:9 | O wondrous star of Bethlehem That in
| Lizzie Douglas Foulks De Armond
| 1903
| 8 6 8 6 D (D.C.M.) and ref
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2:9 | See the brightly shining star As its
| C. S. Kauffman
| 1900
| 7 7 8 7 D
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2:9 | A meteor bright its wondrous light
| Anonymous
| 1916
| 8 6 8 6 D (D.C.M.)
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2:9 | God to Adam came in Eden heaven
| Paul Wigmore
| ©
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2:9 | Journey to Bethlehem worship your king
| Michael A. Perry
| ©
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2:9 | The kings of the east are riding Tonight
| Katherine Lee. Bates
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2:9 | The star proclaims the King is here
| Caelius Sedulius tr/ad by John Mason Neale
| c.45
| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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2:9-10 | The star of heaven foretells the joy
| Paul Wigmore
| ©
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2:9-10 | Bright mystical starlight shone over the
| Paul Wigmore
| ©
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2:9-10 | The shepherd guards his sheep upon
| Michael A. Perry
| ©
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2:9-10 | How brightly gleams the morning star
| Michael A. Perry
| ©
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2:9-11 | Travellers all to Bethlehem they sing
| Jubilate Hymns
| ©
| 8 8 8 8 8 8
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2:9-11 | Small wonder the star small wonder the
| Paul Wigmore
| ©
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2:9-11 | O what a day for singing bells in
| Paul Wigmore
| ©
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2:9-11 | No frightened shepherds now to stand
| Paul Wigmore
| ©
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2:9-11 | Lowly Jesus King of glory born on earth
| Christopher Porteous
| ©
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2:9-11 | I see your crib a cradle where the
| Christopher Porteous
| ©
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2:9-11 | Welcome your king Alleluia Lands of the
| Michael A. Perry
| ©
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2:9-11 | Lord everlasting yet child born in
| David Mowbray
| ©
| 12 10 12 10
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2:9-11 | Come ride with kings to Bethlehem
| David Mowbray
| ©
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2:9-11 | Christmas news Christ is born Night has
| David Mowbray
| ©
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2:9-11 | Greetings Christian friends and
| Mollie Knight
| ©
| 8 7 8 7
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2:9-11 | Praise for coming of the King Praise for
| Brian Black
| ©
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2:9-11 | The shepherds from the hillside
| Richard T. Bewes
| ©
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2:10 | When wise men came seeking for Jesus
| Richard Slater
| 1892
| 11 11 11 11
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2:10 | All my heart this night rejoices
| Paul Gerhardt tr/ad by Jubilate Hymns
| ©1656
| 8 6 6 D
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2:10 | Silver star shining out over Bethlehem
| Michael A. Perry
| ©
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2:10 | All my heart this night rejoices
| Paul Gerhardt tr/ad by Michael A. Perry
| ©1656
| 8 6 6 D
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2:10 | See Him lying on a bed of straw
| Michael A. Perry
| ©
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2:10 | Angels from the realms of glory
| James Montgomery
| 1816
| 8 7 8 7 and refrain
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2:10-11 | As with gladness men of old Did the
| William Chatterton Dix
| 1860
| 7 7 7 7 7 7
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2:10-11 | The first Noel the angel did say
| Traditional English Carol
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