LOOK: Shepherds by James B. Janknegt
LISTEN: “Hark! Hark What News” | English folk carol from Cornwall or South Yorkshire, 17th or 18th century | Performed by Maddy Prior and the Carnival Band, on Gold, Frankincense & Myrrh, 2001
Hark! Hark what news the angels bring:
Glad tidings of a newborn King.
Born of a maid, a virgin pure,
Born without sin, from guilt secure.Hail, mighty Prince, eternal King!
Let heaven and earth rejoice and sing!
Angels and men with one accord
Break forth in songs: “O praise the Lord!”Behold! he comes, and leaves the skies:
Awake, ye slumbering mortals, rise!
Awake to joy, and hail the morn,
The Savior of this world was born!Echoes shall waft the strains around
Till listening angels hear the sound,
And all the heavenly host above
Shall join to sing redeeming love.
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