While Shephers Watched (Cmaj)

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w:While shep-herds watched their flocks by night all sea-ted on the ground, the
w:"To you, in Da-vid's town, this day is born of Da-vid's line a
w:Thus spake the se-raph and forth-with a-ppeared a shi-ning throng of
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w:an-gel of the Lord came down and glo-ry shone a-round.  "Fear
w:Sa-vior, who is Christ the Lord and this shall be the sign: the
w:an-gels prais-ing God, and thus ad-dressed their joy-ful song: "All
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w:not," said he, for migh-ty dread had seized their trou-bled minds. "Glad
w:heav-'nly Babe you there shall find to hu-man view dis-played, all
w:glo-ry be to God on high and to the earth be peace, good
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w:ti-dings of great joy I bring to you and all man-kind." "To *
w:mean-ly wrapped in swad-dling clothes and in a man-ger laid." Thus *
w:will hence-forth from Heav'n to men be-gin and ne-ver ** cease."

Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/While_Shephers_Watched_Cmaj_/0000

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