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Text:Happy Christmas Morning
Author:Even E. Rexford
Tune:MARSALA
Composer:W. Irving Hartshorn
Media:MIDI file

12109. Happy Christmas Morning

1 When up in Heav’n the angels sing,
In praise of Jesus Christ our king,
And all the bells for gladness ring,
In the happy Christmas morning.

Refrain:
O sing, my heart, for gladness sing,
In praise of Jesus Christ our king;
What angels sing on Christmas still,
"Be peace on earth, to men good will."

2 Be happy as the angels are,
While no rude discord comes to mar
The sons that welcome Bethle’m’s star
In the happy Christmas morning. [Refrain]

3 Be more like Christ than we have been,
And sing again, and yet again,
"Be peace on earth, good will to men,"
In the happy Christmas morning. [Refrain}

Text Information
First Line: When up in Heav’n the angels sing
Title: Happy Christmas Morning
Author: Even E. Rexford
Meter: LMD
Language: English
Source: Good Will, by T. M. Towne & J. M. Stillman (Chicago, Illinois: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1878)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: MARSALA
Composer: W. Irving Hartshorn (1878)
Meter: LMD
Key: B♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain



Media
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MIDI file: Midi
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