It Came Upon The Midnight Clear-Mitch Miller

[ti:It Came Upon the Midnight Clear] [ar:Mitch Miller] [al:Christmas Overture] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]It Came Upon The Midnight Clear - Mitch Miller [00:07.62]It came upon the midnight clear [00:13.41] [00:13.97]That glorious song of old [00:19.23] [00:20.65]From angels playing near the earth [00:26.36] [00:27.02]To touch their harps of gold [00:32.12] [00:33.60]Peace on the earth could will two men [00:39.42] [00:40.12]From heaven's all-gracious king [00:45.00] [00:46.77]The world in solemn stillness lay [00:52.72] [00:53.31]To hear the angels sing [00:58.77] [01:01.11]Still through the cloven skies they come [01:06.96] [01:07.66]With peaceful wings unfurled [01:12.66] [01:14.39]And still their heavenly music floats [01:20.43] [01:21.06]O'er all the weary world [01:26.21] [01:27.98]Above its sad and lowly plains [01:33.70] [01:34.49]They bend on hovering wing [01:39.87] [01:41.34]And ever o'er its babel sounds [01:47.31] [01:48.14]The blessed angels sing [01:54.65] [01:56.13]O ye beneath life's crushing load [02:02.26] [02:02.98]Whose forms are bending low [02:07.86] [02:09.78]Who toil along the climbing way [02:15.71] [02:16.51]With painful steps and slow [02:22.21] [02:23.33]Look now for glad and golden hours [02:29.15] [02:29.83]Come swiftly on the wing [02:35.34] [02:36.82]Oh rest beside the weary road [02:42.81] [02:43.59]And hear the angels sing [02:49.74] [02:52.15]For lo the days are hastening on [02:58.26] [02:58.92]By prophets seen of old [03:04.42] [03:05.77]When with the ever-circling years [03:11.97] [03:12.50]Shall come the time foretold [03:18.34] [03:19.48]When the new heaven and earth shall own [03:25.54] [03:26.06]The prince of peace their king [03:31.58] [03:32.73]And the whole world send back the song [03:39.42] [03:40.08]Which now the angels sing