It Came Upon A Midnight Clear

Authors

Sears, Edmund Hamilton (1810-1876) (Text)
Willis, Richard Storrs (1819-1900) (Music)

Bible verses

It Came Upon A Midnight Clear

Verse 1
C
F
C
It 
came u
pon a 
midnight clear
b
7?
b
Ds
That 
glorious 
song of 
old
b
G
s
From 
angels 
bending 
near the earth
E
mm
?
To 
touch their 
harps of 
gold
Db
9+
"Peace 
on the earth, good 
will to men
C
b*
C
9B
From 
heaven's all 
gracious 
King;"
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?
9
The 
world in 
solemn 
stillness lay,
*
#A
f
To 
hear the 
angels 
sing
Verse 2
e
E
C
Sti
ll thr
ough t
he cloven skies they come
#
EA
E
sF
With 
peaceful 
wings un
furl
ed,
G
F
B
And s
till th
eir heav
enly music floats
A
f7
c
O'e
r all the we
ary world
7u
E+
Above i
ts sad and lowly pla
ins
D
sG
sbb
They 
bend on hover
ing wing;
d
d
B
And 
ever o'er
 its Ba
bel sounds
e
C+
D
The
 blessed 
angels 
sing
Verse 3
f
B
d
And
 ye, b
eneath
 life's crushing load
C
E?
+
sG
Whose
 forms ar
e bendin
g lo
w,
f
s
?
Who t
oil alo
ng the c
limbing way
D
#u
s
Wit
h painful st
eps and s
low
eF
E?
Look no
w! for glad and gold
en hours
s
ab
ab?
Come 
swiftly on th
e wing;
d
c
a
O re
st beside
 the we
ary road
9
fa
f
And
 hear the
 angels
 sing
Verse 4
7
C
c
For
 lo th
e days
 are hast'ning on
d
cd
b
uD
By pr
ophets se
en of ol
d
9
?
B
When 
with th
e ever-c
ircling years
C
Be
+
Sha
ll come the 
time fore
told
fs
#?
When pe
ace shall over all t
he earth
e
d9
E#e
Its a
ncient splend
our fling
f
b
c
And 
all the w
orld gi
ve back the song
f
?d
m
Whi
ch now th
e angel
s sing