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127. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Jesus, the Light of the World)

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1 Hark! the herald angels sing.
Jesus, the light of the world.
Glory to the newborn King,
Jesus, the light of the world.

Refrain:
We’ll walk in the light, beautiful light.
Come where the dewdrops of mercy shine bright.
O, shine all around us by day and by night.
Jesus, the light of the world.

2 Joyful all you nations, rise.
Jesus, the light of the world.
Join the triumph of the skies.
Jesus, the light of the world. [Refrain]

3 Christ by highest heaven adored;
Jesus, the light of the world.
Christ, the everlasting Lord;
Jesus, the light of the world. [Refrain]

4 Hail, the heaven-born Prince of Peace!
Jesus, the light of the world.
Hail, the Sun of righteousness!
Jesus, the light of the world. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Hark! the herald angels sing
• Title: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Jesus, the Light of the World)
• Author (stanzas): Charles Wesley (1739)
• Author (refrain): George D. Elderkin (1890)
• Refrain First Line: We'll walk in the light, beautiful light
• Meter: 7.7.7.7 with refrain
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2013
• Scripture:
  Psalm 67:4
  ;
  Isaiah 7:14
  ;
  Isaiah 9:6-7
  ;
  Micah 5:2
  ;
  Habakkuk 2:11
  ;
  Malachi 4:2
  ;
  Matthew 1:22-23
  ;
  Luke 2:11
  ;
  Luke 2:13-14
  ;
  John 1:4-5
  ;
  John 1:14
  ;
  John 3:3-17
  ;
  John 2:11
  ;
  John 10:10
  ;
  2 Corinthians 5:19
  ;
  Galatians 4:4-6
  ;
  Philippians 2:8
  ;
  Hebrews 1:6
• Topic: Christian Year: Nativity/Christmas; Christian Year: Epiphany; Jesus Christ: Birth

Tune Information

• Name: WE’LL WALK IN THE LIGHT
• Composer: George D. Elderkin (1890)
• Arranger: Evelyn Simpson-Curenton (2000)
• Meter: 7.7.7.7 with refrain
• Key: E♭ Major
• Copyright: Arr. © 2000 GIA Publications, Inc.

Text Information:

This blues-tinged setting of a familiar Christmas carol participates in a longstanding African American practice of adapting Anglo-European texts, as is done here by incorporating a repeated internal line and by appending a refrain that expands that line’s language and imagery.