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Text:Good Christian People All
Author:E. Haskins
Tune:[Good Christian people all]
Composer:Henry Gough Trembath, 1843-1908
Media:MIDI file

10149. Good Christian People All

1 Good Christian people all,
A merry Christmas day;
Hark how the bells do call!
Arise and come away!

Refrain:
Come see the wondrous thing
The angels’ lips reveal!
And let the joy-bells ring
A welcome to the newborn King,
With a merry, merry Christmas peal,
With a merry Christmas peal,
Noel! Noel! Noel!
Let all upon the earth that dwell,
Sing praises to Emmanuel:
Noel! Noel! Noel!

2 Oh, praise the King of Heav’n!
For on this blessèd morn
To us a son is giv’n,
To us a child is born! [Refrain]

3 Springs forth a fruitful rod
From Jesse’s royal stem,
And Christ, incarnate God,
Is born at Bethlehem. [Refrain]

4 Enwrapt in swathing bands,
And in a manger laid,
Behold Him, by whose hands
The heav’ns and earth were made. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: Good Christian people all
Title: Good Christian People All
Author: E. Haskins (1888)
Refrain First Line: Come see the wondrous thing
Language: English
Source: The Choral Hymnal by S. Lasar (New York: Biglow & Main, 1888)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: [Good Christian people all]
Composer: Henry Gough Trembath, 1843-1908
Key: F Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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