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Joy to the world! the Lord is come!

Joy to the world! The Lord is come:
let earth receive her King;
let every heart prepare him room,
and heav’n and nature sing,
and heav’n and nature sing, and heav’n, and heav’n
and nature sing.
Joy to the earth! the Savior reigns;
let all their songs employ;
while fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains
repeat the sounding joy,
repeat the sounding joy, repeat, repeat
the sounding joy.
No more let sin and sorrows grow,
nor thorns infest the ground;
he comes to make his blessings flow
far as the curse is found,
far as the curse is found, far as, far as
the curse is found.
He rules the world with truth and grace,
and makes the nations prove
the glories of his righteousness,
and wonders of his love,
and wonders of his love, and wonders, won
ders of his love.
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First Line:
Joy to the world! the Lord is come!
Title:
Joy to the World
Author:
Isaac Watts (1719)
Meter:
8.6.8.6
Language:
English
Notes:
Spanish translations: See "Dichosa Tierra, Proclamad" by S. D. Athans, "Gozo al mundo el Señor" by Anonymous; Swahili translation: See "Furaha kwa ulimwengu"
Copyright:
Public Domain

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Title:
ANTIOCH (Handel)
Composer:
George Frideric Handel (1742)
Adapter:
Lowell Mason
Meter:
8.6.8.6
Copyright:
Public Domain