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Text:The Christmas Night
Author:Alice Jean Cleator
Tune:[All the city lies in sleeping]
Composer:Robert Frank Lehman
Media:MIDI file

11276. The Christmas Night

1 All the city lies in sleeping,
O’er the sea a silence reigns;
Lowly shepherds watch are keeping
O’er their flocks on Judah’s plains.

Refrain:
Hark the song, the song of angels,
"News of joy and peace we gladly bring;
In the favored city yonder,
Christ is born, is born today a king."
In the favored city yonder,
Christ is born today a king.

2 Lo! a starry light is shining,
Music thrills the arch of night.
Shepherds on the plains reclining
Rise to greet the song and light. [Refrain]

3 In a shelter rude and lowly
Shepherds find the Prince of Light;
O how beautiful and holy
Was that happy Christmas night. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: All the city lies in sleeping
Title: The Christmas Night
Author: Alice Jean Cleator (1901)
Refrain First Line: Hark the song, the song of angels
Language: English
Source: Uplifted Voices by Adam Geibel and R. Frank Lehman (Philadelphia: Adam Geibel Music company, 1901)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: [All the city lies in sleeping]
Composer: Robert Frank Lehman
Key: C Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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