Carols for the Community

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1) O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant,

O come ye, O come ye, to Bethlehem

Come and behold Him

Born the King of Angels

O come, let us adore Him

Christ the Lord!

God of God,

Light of Light

Lo, He abhors not the Virgin's womb

Very God

Begotten, not created

O come, let us adore Him

Christ the Lord!

Sing, choirs of angels,

sing in exultation

Sing, all ye citizens of heaven above

Glory to God

All glory in the highest

O come, let us adore Him

Christ the Lord!

2) In the bleak midwinter

Frosty wind made moan

Earth stood hard as iron

Water like a stone

Snow had fallen, snow on snow

Snow on snow

In the bleak midwinter

Long ago

Our God, heaven cannot hold Him

Nor earth sustain,

Heaven and earth shall flee away

When He comes to reign.

In the bleak mid-winter

A stable-place sufficed

The Lord God Almighty,

Jesus Christ.

Angels and Archangels

May have gathered there

Cherubim and Seraphim

Thronged the air

But His Mother only

In her maiden bliss

Worshipped the beloved

With a kiss

What can I give him?

Poor as I am

If I were a shepherd

I would give a lamb

If I were a wise man

I would do my part

But what I can I give him

Give him my heart

3) While shepherds watched their flocks by night

All seated on the ground

The angel of the Lord came down

And glory shone around.

"Fear not", said he, for mighty dread

Had seized their troubled mind

"Glad tidings of great joy I bring

To you and all mankind"

"To you, in David's town this day

Is born of David's line

The Saviour who is Christ the Lord

And this shall be the sign"

"The heavenly Babe you there shall find

To human view displayed

All meanly wrapped in swaddling bands

And in a manger laid"

Thus spake the seraph, and forthwith

Appeared a shining throng

Of angels praising God, who thus

Addressed their joyful song

"All glory be to God on high

And on the earth be peace

Goodwill henceforth from heaven to men

Begin and never cease"

4) Joy to the world! The Lord is come

Let earth receive her King!

Let every heart prepare Him room

And heaven and nature sing

And heaven, and heaven and nature sing

Joy to the world! The Savior reigns

Your sweetest songs employ.

While fields and streams

and hills and plains

Repeat the sounding joy

Repeat, repeat the sounding joy

He rules the world with truth and grace

And makes the nations prove

The glories of His righteousness

The wonders of His love

The wonders, wonders of His love

5) Silent night, holy night

All is calm, all is bright

Round yon Virgin Mother and Child

Holy infant so tender and mild

Sleep in heavenly peace

Silent night, holy night

Shepherds quail at the sight

Glories stream from heaven afar

Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia

Christ, the Saviour is born

Silent night, holy night

Son of God, Love’s pure light

Radiant beams from Thy holy face

With the dawn of redeeming grace:

Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth

6) O little town of Bethlehem

How still we see thee lie!

Above thy deep and dreamless sleep

The silent stars go by

Yet in thy dark streets shineth

The everlasting Light

The hopes and fears of all the years

Are met in thee tonight

O morning stars together

Proclaim the holy birth

And praises sing to God the King

And Peace to men on earth

For Christ is born of Mary

And gathered all above

While mortals sleep, the angels keep

Their watch of wondering love

How silently, how silently

The wondrous gift is given

So God imparts to human hearts

The blessings of His heaven

No ear may hear His coming

But in this world of sin

Where meek souls will receive him still

The dear Christ enters in.

O holy Child of Bethlehem

Descend to us, we pray

Cast out our sin and enter in

Be born to us today

We hear the Christmas angels

The great glad tidings tell

O come to us, abide with us

Our Lord Emmanuel

7) Hark! the herald angels sing,
"Glory to the new-born King!
Peace on earth, and mercy mild,
God and sinners reconciled."
Joyful, all ye nations, rise,
Join the triumph of the skies;
With th' angelic host proclaim,
"Christ is born in Bethlehem."
Hark! the herald angels sing,
"Glory to the new-born King!

Christ, by highest heaven adored:
Christ, the everlasting Lord;
Late in time behold him come,
Offspring of a Virgin’s womb.
Veiled in flesh, the Godhead see;
Hail, the incarnate Deity:

Pleased, as man, with man to dwell,
Jesus, our Emmanuel!
Hark! the herald angels sing,
"Glory to the new-born King!

Hail, the heaven-born Prince of peace!
Hail, the Son of Righteousness!
Light and life to all He brings,
Risen with healing in His wings
Mild he lays His glory by,
Born that we no more may die:
Born to raise the sons of earth,
Born to give them second birth.
Hark! the herald angels sing,
"Glory to the new-born King !"

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