December 6

"If Ye Would Hear the Angels Sing"

composed by Peter Tranchell, lyrics by Dora Greenwell,

and sung by The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

I f ye would hear the angels sing 

‘Peace on earth and mercy mild’, 

Think of him who was once a child, 

On Christmas Day in the morning. 

If ye would hear the angels sing, 

Rise, and spread you Christmas fare; 

‘Tis merrier still the more that share, 

On Christmas Day in the morning. 

Rise and bake your Christmas bread: 

Christians, rise! the world is bare, 

And blank, and dark with want and care, 

Yet Christmas comes in the morning, 

If ye would hear the angels sing, 

Christians! See ye let each door 

Stand wider than it e’er stood before, 

On Christmas Day in the morning. 

Rise, and open wide the door; 

Christians, rise! The world is wide, 

And many there be that stand outside, 

Yet Christmas comes in the morning.