LYRICS
| Meter: | 10 9 10 9 and refrain
| Writer(s): | Mabel J. Rosemon & Grant Colfax Tullar
| Transl/Adapt: |
| Dates: |
| Bible Refs: | Lk 2:8
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MUSIC
| Name: | OVER BETHLEHEM'S HILLSIDE
| | Meter: | 10 9 10 9 and refrain
| | Writer(s): | Mabel J. Rosemon & Grant Colfax Tullar
| | Dates: |
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| 1. Over Bethl’em’s hillside beamed
a glorious star,
With its radiant beauty all so fair
Led the wondrous wise men
to the manger bed,
Where the King of kings
was cradled there.
Refrain.
Waiting shepherds
with their flocks at midnight
Saw the radiance flooding
o’er the earth,
Heard the heav’nly hosts
in chorus singing
Blessèd news of Christ
the Savior’s birth.
Earth responded to
that heav’nly message,
Peace on earth, goodwill,
goodwill to men;
In exultant strain the chorus ended;
O that earth might hear
that song again!
2. On that night the angel bands
with loud acclaim
Brought the earth the words
of joy and peace,
Telling of the Savior
who to earth came down
And His love that
never more shall cease.
Refrain.
Waiting shepherds
with their flocks at midnight
Saw the radiance flooding
o’er the earth,
Heard the heav’nly hosts
in chorus singing
Blessèd news of Christ
the Savior’s birth.
Earth responded to
that heav’nly message,
Peace on earth, goodwill,
goodwill to men;
In exultant strain the chorus ended;
O that earth might hear
that song again!
3. Blessèd happy tidings
to the world proclaim:
Christ the King eternal comes today;
Comes to earth so lowly as a little Child,
In our hearts in peace and love to stay.
Refrain.
Waiting shepherds
with their flocks at midnight
Saw the radiance flooding
o’er the earth,
Heard the heav’nly hosts
in chorus singing
Blessèd news of Christ
the Savior’s birth.
Earth responded to
that heav’nly message,
Peace on earth, goodwill,
goodwill to men;
In exultant strain the chorus ended;
O that earth might hear
that song again!
4. “Peace on earth,
goodwill to men” the angels sang
On that Christmas night so long ago,
When the holy Babe
was born in Bethlehem
That the world God’s
matchless love might know.
Refrain.
Waiting shepherds
with their flocks at midnight
Saw the radiance flooding
o’er the earth,
Heard the heav’nly hosts
in chorus singing
Blessèd news of Christ
the Savior’s birth.
Earth responded to
that heav’nly message,
Peace on earth, goodwill,
goodwill to men;
In exultant strain the chorus ended;
O that earth might hear
that song again!
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