An American Christmas Harp ‎#1

1. Angels Hymn

1 The Lands that long in Darkness lay
Now have beheld a heav'nly light;
Nations that sat in Death's cold shade,
Are bless'd with beams divinely bright.

2 The Virgin's promised Son is born,
Behold th'expected Child appears;
What shall his names or titles be?
The Wonderful, the Counsellor.

3 The Infant is the Mighty God
Come to be suckled and ador'd;
Th'eternal Father, Prince of Peace,
The son of David, and his Lord.

Text Information

• First Line: The Lands that long in Darkness lay
• Title: Angels Hymn
• Author: Isaac Watts (1674-1748)
• Meter: L.M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2009
• Source: Watts' Hymns & Spiritual Songs, 1707

Tune Information

• Name: ANGELS HYMN
• Composer: Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
• Meter: L.M.
• Key: G Major
• Source: Read's The Columbian Harmonist No. 2, 1785