It Came Upon A Midnight Clear

Authors

Sears, Edmund Hamilton (1810-1876) (Text)
Willis, Richard Storrs (1819-1900) (Music)

Bible verses

It Came Upon A Midnight Clear

Verse 1
C
F
C
It 
came u
pon a 
midnight clear
7
s7
G
uB
That 
glorious 
song of 
old
B
b
7
From 
angels 
bending 
near the earth
s
AE
A
To 
touch their 
harps of 
gold
7G
#c
"Peace 
on the earth, good 
will to men
b
9f
C
Cd
From 
heaven's all 
gracious 
King;"
?
?
C
The 
world in 
solemn 
stillness lay,
a
sa
?
To 
hear the 
angels 
sing
Verse 2
f
b
d
Sti
ll thr
ough t
he cloven skies they come
B
cA
f
E#
With 
peaceful 
wings un
furl
ed,
e
e
b
And s
till th
eir heav
enly music floats
*
D#
B
O'e
r all the we
ary world
AF
?+
Above i
ts sad and lowly pla
ins
#
7E
cCc
They 
bend on hover
ing wing;
s
b
B
And 
ever o'er
 its Ba
bel sounds
e
as
*
The
 blessed 
angels 
sing
Verse 3
?
c
D
And
 ye, b
eneath
 life's crushing load
E
bf
C
?#
Whose
 forms ar
e bendin
g lo
w,
+
f
A
Who t
oil alo
ng the c
limbing way
#
uD
C
Wit
h painful st
eps and s
low
DE
?e
Look no
w! for glad and gold
en hours
7
s*
#bF
Come 
swiftly on th
e wing;
E
E
A
O re
st beside
 the we
ary road
e
us
c
And
 hear the
 angels
 sing
Verse 4
u
b
A
For
 lo th
e days
 are hast'ning on
a
Ac
a
Ac
By pr
ophets se
en of ol
d
C
#
B
When 
with th
e ever-c
ircling years
b
#C
*
Sha
ll come the 
time fore
told
ud
BG
When pe
ace shall over all t
he earth
G
ac
+Ae
Its a
ncient splend
our fling
b
E
e
And 
all the w
orld gi
ve back the song
B
cF
m
Whi
ch now th
e angel
s sing