In The Field With Their Flocks Abiding

IN THE FIELD WITH THEIR FLOCKS ABIDING
Trad. Christmas Carol
Key: F

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In the field with their flocks a-bid-ing,
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They lay on the dew-y ground;
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And glim-m’ring un-der the star-light,
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The sheep lay white a-round;
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When the light of the Lord streamed o’er them,
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And lo! From the heav-en a-bove,
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An an-gel leaned from the glo-ry,
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And sang his song of love.
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He sang, that first sweet Christ-mas,
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The song that shall nev-er cease.

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“Glo-ry to God in the high-est,
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On earth good will and peace.”

“To you in the city of David
A Savior is born today!”
And sudden a host of the heavenly ones
Flashed forth to join the lay.
O never hath sweeter message
Thrilled home to the souls of men
And the heavens themselves had never heard
A gladder choir till then.
For they sang that Christmas carol
That never on earth shall cease.

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And the shepherds came to the manger,
And gazed on the Holy Child;
And calmly o’er that rude cradle
The virgin mother smiled;
And the sky in the starlit silence,
Seemed full of the angel lay:
“To you in the City of David
A Savior is born today!”
O they sang, and we pray that never
The carol on earth shall cease.

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