14245 | The Cyber Hymnal#14246 | 14247 |
Text: | Christmas Night |
Author: | Phila B. B. Smith |
Tune: | TRURO |
Media: | MIDI file |
1 ’Tis Christmas night. ’Tis Christmas night,
Judea’s plains are bathed in white,
And faint and far a rising star
Gives promise of a fairer light.
2 ’Tis Christmas night. Hushed old earth is,
A mother wakes from pain to bliss
And clasps her Boy in holy joy
And worships, while she bends to kiss.
3 ’Tis Christmas night. Where skies are rift,
A cloud of angels earthward drift.
The song they sing through time shall ring,
The hearts that weary, to uplift.
4 ’Tis Christmas night. By trackless road
The wise men haste with precious load,
And kneeling, bring the infant King
The homage that a world hath owed.
5 Oh, world of sleepers, lift your head.
Today, anew, the word is sped
That Christ is born this Christmas morn
And hate and fear and gloom are dead.
6 Still shines the star on Christmas night.
Still angels sing beyond our sight.
And He who came in lowly fame
Shall lead us into perfect light.
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First Line: | ’Tis Christmas night. ’Tis Christmas night |
Title: | Christmas Night |
Author: | Phila B. B. Smith |
Meter: | LM |
Language: | English |
Source: | Kindergarten Review (Springfield, Mass: Milton Bradley), vol. 21, no. 4, December 1910 |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Notes: | Alternate tunes: ST. CRISPIN by George J. Elvey, ST. JOHN's HIGHLANDS, WAREHAM by William Knapp, WHITBY ABBEY by R. Frank Lehman |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | TRURO |
Meter: | LM |
Key: | C Major |
Source: | Psalmodia Evangelica, by Thomas Williams, 1789 |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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MIDI file: | MIDI |
Noteworthy Composer score: | Noteworthy Composer Score |