Sullivan's Part Songs - It Came upon the Midnight Clear

You are here: Archive Home > Arthur Sullivan > Part Songs > It Came upon the Midnight Clear

Words by E. H. Sears

Published 1871

MIDI File [18KB, 3' 51"]

Victorian Christmas Card
Choir:

It came upon the midnight clear,
That glorious song of old,
From angels bending near the earth
To touch their harps of gold:
"Peace to the earth, goodwill to men,
From heav'n's all gracious King;"
The world in solemn stillness lay
To hear the angels sing,

Soprano Solo: Sopranos: Altos, Tenors & Basses:

To hear the angels The world in solemn

"Peace to the earth, sing, To hear the angels stillness lay, To hear the angels

goodwill to men sing, To hear the sing, To hear the

From heav'n's all gracious King!" angels sing. angels sing.

Victorian Christmas Card
Choir:

Still thro' the cloven skies they come
With peaceful wings unful'd;
And still their heav'nly music floats
O'er all the weary world.
Above its sad and lowly plains,
They bend on heav'nly wing,
And ever o'er its Babel sounds
The blessed angels sing,

Soprano Solo: Sopranos: Altos, Tenors & Basses:

The blessed angels And ever o'er its

"Peace to the earth, sing, The blessed angels Babel sounds, The blessed angels

goodwill to men sing, The blessed sing, The blessed the

From heav'n's all gracious King!" angels sing. angels sing.

Choir:

Yet with the woes of sin and strife
The world has suffer'd long;
Beneath the angel strain have rolled
Two thousand years of wrong;
And men, at war with men,
Hear not the love song which they bring;
Victorian Christmas Card

Soprano Solo: Sopranos, Altos, Tenors & Basses:

Oh! hush the noise, ye

"Peace to the earth, men of strife, And hear the angels

goodwill to men, sing, And hear the angels

From heav'n's all gracious King! sing.

Victorian Christmas Card
Choir:

And ye beneath life's crushing load,
Whose forms are bending low,
Who toil along the climbing way,
With painful steps and slow,
With painful steps and slow,
Look now! for glad and golden hours
Come swiftly on the wing;
O rest beside the weary road,
And hear the angels sing!

Soprano Solo: Sopranos: Altos, Tenors & Basses:

And hear the angels O rest beside the

"Peace to the earth, sing, And hear the angels weary road, And

goodwill to men sing, And hear the sing, And hear the

From heav'n's all gracious, angels sing, angels sing,

all gracious King!" the angels sing. the angels sing.

Archive Home | Arthur Sullivan | Part Songs

Page Created 10 April 2004

Soprano Solo:	Sopranos:	Altos, Tenors & Basses:
	To hear the angels	The world in solemn
"Peace to the earth,	sing, To hear the angels	stillness lay, To hear the angels
goodwill to men	sing, To hear the	sing, To hear the
From heav'n's all gracious King!"	angels sing.	angels sing.

Soprano Solo:	Sopranos, Altos, Tenors & Basses:
	Oh! hush the noise, ye
"Peace to the earth,	men of strife, And hear the angels
goodwill to men,	sing, And hear the angels
From heav'n's all gracious King!	sing.