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X:1
T: And the Angels sang
M:4/4
L:1/4
C:Noel Jackson 2020
Q:1/4=100
V:1 name="Treble"
V:2 name="Alto"
V:3 name="Bass" clef=bass
K:G
[V:1] ||f| "G"g "C"e "G"d/c/ d|"Am"c "D7"A "G"B B/B/|"A7"A/-B/ ^c/-d/ "A7"e/-f/ g|"D"f3 d|!
|"G"g "C"e "G"d/-c/ d|"Am"c "D7"A "G"B d/c/|"Em"B "G"G "D7"A d| "G"B3 ||!
||z|"D7"z3 B/c/|"G" d g g z | "Am"z3 d/c/ | "G"B/-c/ d/-e/ "D" d f/f/  |!
w: and the| An-gels sang
|"G" g d "C"e d/c/| "G"B/-c/ d/-e/ "D7"d c |"Em"B "G"G "D7"A d |"G"g3||!
[V:2]|| d |G c G/A/ B|A F G B/B/| E A ^c A|d A D F|!
|G c G/-A/ B| A F G B/-A/|G D F A| G3||!
|| F/G/| A d d z| z4| z3 B/-A/ | G B B B/B/|!
w:and the|An-gels sang **|
| G B c B/-A/| G/-A/ B/-c/ A A |G D F A  | B3||!
[V:3]||D,| B,, C, D, B,,| A,, D, G,, D,/D,/|E, ^C, A, ^C| D,3 D,|!
w:The|first to see the|heavn-ly babe were a|low-ly ox and |ass who
|B,, C, D, B,,| A,, D, G,, D,|E, G, D, D, | G,,3 ||!
w:bow'd their heads in won-dring awe at |what had come to |pass
||z| z4 | z3 A,,/B,,/ | C, E,  D, C,/B,,/ |B,, D, D, D,/D,/|!
w:|and the|An-gels sang  and the|An-gels sang and the|
|G, B,,C, E,| D, D, D, E,|E, G, D, D,|G,,3||
w:Che-ru-bim and| Ser-a-phim sang|Glo-ry to the|King|
W:
W:Verse 2. The next to see the heavn'ly babe were shepherds from the fields,
W:Who marveled at the glory that the heavn'ly birth revealed.
W:Chorus
W:
W:Verse 3:The third to see the heavn'ly babe were kings from lands afar,
W:Swift to the humble stable led by  glorious angel choir.
W:Chorus
W:
W:Verse 4: The last to seek the heavn'ly babe was Herod, Israel's lord,
W:But the Holy fam'ly to Egypt fled and saved Christ from the sword.
W:Chorus

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Song by Noel Jackson
Country of origin: England

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