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 ANOTHER AMERICAN CHRISTMAS CAROL 



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 It came up - on the mid-night clear, That glo - rious song of old, 

 Stillthrough theclo - ven skies they come. With peace -ful wings un'- furled, 

 ye, be -neath life's crush-ing load, Whose forms are bend-ing low. 

 For lol the days are hast-'ning on, By proph - et- bards fore- told, 





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From an - gels bend-ing near the earth To touch their harps of gold ; 



And still their heav'n-ly mu - sic floats O'er all the wea - ry world ; 



Who toil a - long the climb - ing way With pain - ful steps and slow, 



When with the ev - er - cir - cling y^ars Comes round the age^ of gold; 



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Peace on the earth, good will to men. From heav'n's all - gra - cious King; 



A - bove its sad and low - ly plains They bend on heav'n-ly wing. 



Look now I for glad and gold- en hours Come swift -ly on the wing; 



When peace shall o - ver all the earth Its an - cient splen-dors fling, 



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The world in sol -emn still -ness lay To hear the an - gels sing 



And ev - er o'er its Ba - bel sounds The bless -ed an - gels sing 



rest be -side the wea- ry road, And hear the an- gels sing 



And the whole world send back the song Which now the an - gels sing, 



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