title: It Came Upon the Midnight Clear uet)
key: Christmas
harp type: Chromatic
genre: Bb
skill: Beginner

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (Chromatic Duet)
Music by Richard Storrs Willis
Words by Edward Hamilton Sears
Key of Bb Major
1st harp Range: D4 to D5 2nd harp Range: D3 to C4
Tab notations: none = blow – = draw * = button in
__ = hold -(.3.4)* = draw holes .3 & .4 with button in
__-.1 = continuously held note from previous line
. = on lower register (first 4 on 16 hole, or Tenor C)
-4*_-3* = slur; slide smoothly from one note to next
-2 -5_ -3 -4*_-3* 3 -2_ 3 -2_
1. It came up-on_____ the mid – night clear,
2. Still through the clo___-ven skies they come,
3. Yet with the woes__ of sin and strife,
4. And ye, be-neath__ lifeâs crush-ing load,
5. For lo! The days___ are hast-ening on
-.2_______ .3__________ -.1_ -2 -.1___
-2 3_-3 -3* -3*_-4* -5 5________________
1. That glo – rious song__ of old,_____________
2. With peac -ful wings__ un – furled,__________
3. The world has suf___- fered long____________
4. Whose forms are bend__ âing low,____________
5. By pro â phet bards_ fore – told,__________
__-.1 .3________ -(.3.4)*___ -(.2.3)_ -.3* .4_
-2 -5_ -3 -4*_-3* 3 -2_ 3 -2_
1. From an â gels bend__-ing near the earth,
2. And still their heav__-en â ly music floats,
3. Be â neath the an____âgel-strain have rolled ,
4. Why toil a_ – long__ the clim â bing way,
5. When with the ev____ âer circl- ing years,
-.2_______ .3________ -.1_ -.1* -.1_____
-2 3_ 3 -3_3 -2 -3*____
1. To touch their harps of gold:__
2. Oâer all the wea â ry world;_
3. Two thou -sand years of wrong;_
4. With wear âry steps and slow__
5. Comes round the Age of Gold,_
__-.1 .3_________ -(.2.3).4 -1____
-5 -5_ -1 -1_2 -2* 3_ -3 -3*_
1. âPeace on_ the earth, good-will to men,
2. A__â bove_ its sad and lone-ly plains,
3. And man,_ at war with man, hears not,
4. Look up!__ For glad and gol â den hours,
5. When peace shall o – ver all the earth,
-.2*_____ -.3_______ .3_ -.2* .3_
-5 -4*_-3* -3 3_-3 3 -2___________
1. From heavânâs all gra_- cious King!________
2. They bend___ on hov_- ering wing,________
3. The love___- song which they bring._______
4. Come swift__â ly on__ the wing;________
5. Its an_____-cient splen-dors fling,_______
-.3* .4___________ -.3*.4-.3* -(.2.3)-.3*.4
-2 -5_ -3 -4*_-3* 3 -2_ 3 -2_
1. The world in sol____-emn still-ness lay,
2. And ev___-er oâer___ its Ba__- bel sounds,
3. O hush_ the noise,_ ye men_ of strife,
4. O rest_ be â side___ the wear-y road,
5. And the_ whole world_ give back_ the song,
-.2______ .3__________ -.1_-.1* -.1_____
-2 3__ 3 -3__3 -2 -3*____
1. To hear the an______-gels sing.__
2. The bles-sed an______-gels sing.__
3. And hear the an______-gels sing.__
4. And hear the an______-gels sing.__
5. Which now the an______-gels sing.__
__-.1 .3______ -.3_-.3* .4 -1_____