title: It Came Upon The Midnight Clearkey: Holidayharp type: Chromaticgenre: Bbskill: AnyBy Edmund Sears & Richard S. WillisKey: Bb-2 -5 4 4-3* 3 -2 3 -2It came up-on the mid-night clear,-2 3-3 -3* -3*4 -5 4That glo-rious song of old,-2 -5 -3 4-3* 3 -2 3 -2From an-gels bend-ing near the earth,-2 3 3 -33 -2 -3*To touch their harps of gold:-5 -5 -1 -1 2 -2* 3 -3 -3*“Peace on the earth, good-will to men-5 4 -3* -3 3-3 3 -2From heav-ens all gra-cious King!”-2 -5 -3 4-3* 3 -2 3 -2The world in sol-emn still-ness lay-2 3 3 -33 -2 -3*To hear the an-gels sing.Still through the cloven skies they come,With peaceful wings unfurled;And still their heavenly music floatsO’er all the weary world:Above its sad and lowly plainsThey bend on hovering wing,And ever o’er its Babel soundsThe blessed angels sing.O ye beneath life’s crushing load,Whose forms are bending low,Who toil along the climbing wayWith painful steps and slow;Look now, for glad and golden hoursCome swiftly on the wing;Oh rest beside the weary roadAnd hear the angels sing.For lo! the days are hastening on,By prophets seen of old,When with the ever-circling yearsShall come the time foretold,When the new heaven and earth shall ownThe Prince of Peace, their King,And the whole world send back the songWhich now the angels sing.