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Text:Awake, Ye Nations Of The Earth
Tune:TRURO
Media:MIDI file

9575. Awake, Ye Nations Of The Earth

1 Awake, ye nations of the earth,
And celebrate the Savior’s birth;
With grateful hearts salute the morn,
On which the Savior, Christ was born.

2 The shining hosts, on wings of love,
Flew swiftly from the courts above;
With acclamation from the skies,
And seized the shepherds with surprise.

3 The heavenly choir around did sing:
This day is born the Savior-King.
They swell their notes to praise again,
"Glory to God, goodwill to men."

Text Information
First Line: Awake, ye nations of the earth
Title: Awake, Ye Nations Of The Earth
Meter: LM
Language: English
Source: From an 18th century manuscript in the Bodelian Library at the University of Oxford
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Alternate tunes: HOLY HILL by William H. Pontius; MAINZER by Joseph Mainzer; or WALTHAM by John B. Calkin
Tune Information
Name: TRURO
Meter: LM
Key: C Major
Source: Psalmodia Evangelica by Thomas Williams, 1789



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