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(Posted 2000-11-27) CPDL #01788:

Editor: Christopher R. Baker (submitted 2000-11-27). Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: adapted by Lowell Mason

General Information

Title: While shepherds watched their flocks
Composer: George Frideric Handel
Lyricist: Nahum Tate

Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Carol

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1821 in Collection of Church Music, Boston Handel & Haydn Society
Description:

External websites:

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at While shepherds watched their flocks by night.

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-'''Title:''' ''Christmas (While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks)''<br>
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 ==Original text and translations==
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-{{Text|English}}
-::::''1.''
-:While shepherds watched their flocks by night,
-:All seated on the ground,
-:The angel of the Lord came down,
-:And glory shone around,
-:And glory shone around.
-::::''2.''
-:“Fear not!” said he, for mighty dread
-:Had seized their troubled mind.
-:“Glad tidings of great joy I bring
-:To you and all mankind
-:To you and all mankind.
-::::''3.''
-:“To you, in David’s town, this day
-:Is born of David’s line
-:A Savior, who is Christ the Lord,
-:And this shall be the sign,
-:And this shall be the sign.
-::::''4.''
-:“The heavenly Babe you there shall find
-:To human view displayed,
-:All meanly wrapped in swathing bands,
-:And in a manger laid,
-:And in a manger laid.”
-::::''5.''
-:Thus spake the seraph and forthwith
-:Appeared a shining throng
-:Of angels praising God on high,
-:Who thus addressed their song,
-:Who thus addressed their song.
-::::''6.''
-:“All glory be to God on high,
-:And to the Earth be peace;
-:Good will henceforth from Heaven to men
-:Begin and never cease,
-:Begin and never cease!”
-:Words: ''' Nahum Tate, 1700; ''' first appeared in Tate and '' Brady’s Psalter, 1702. '' <br>
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-[[Category:Carols]]
 [[Category:Christmas]]
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