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Carols by the Lake 2024

Carols by the Lake, Knowle Park, 4pm Saturday 21st December 2024

Carols

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

Verse 1:

God rest ye merry gentlemen
Let nothing you dismay
Remember Christ our Saviour
Was born on Christmas Day
To save us all from Satan's pow'r
When we were gone astray

Chorus:

O tidings of comfort and joy
Comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy

Verse 2:

In Bethlehem in Israel
This blessed Babe was born
And laid within a manger
Upon this blessed morn
The which His mother Mary
Did nothing take in scorn

Verse 3:

From God our heavenly Father
A blessed angel came
And unto certain shepherds
Brought tidings of the same
How that in Bethlehem was born
The Son of God by name

Verse 4:

Fear not then said the angel
Let nothing you affright
This day is born a Saviour
Of a pure virgin bright
To free all those who trust in Him
From Satan's pow'r and might

CCLI Song # 39441
Unknown
© Words: Public Domain; Music: Public Domain

Angels From The Realms Of Glory

Verse 1:

Angels from the realms of glory
Wing your flight o'er all the earth
Ye who sang creation's story
Now proclaim Messiah's birth

Chorus:

Come and worship
Christ the newborn King
Come and worship
Worship Christ the newborn King

Verse 2:

Shepherds in the fields abiding
Watching o'er your flocks by night
God with man is now residing
Yonder shines the infant-light

Verse 3:

Sages leave your contemplations
Brighter visions beam afar
Seek the great desire of nations
Ye have seen His natal star

Verse 4:

Saints before the altar bending
Watching long in hope and fear
Suddenly the Lord descending
In His temple shall appear

Verse 5:

All creation join in praising
God the Father Spirit Son
Evermore your voices raising
To th'eternal Three in One

CCLI Song # 2402828
James Montgomery
© Words: Public Domain; Music: Public Domain

Hark The Herald Angels Sing

Verse 1:

Hark the herald angels sing
Glory to the newborn King
Peace on earth and mercy mild
God and sinners reconciled
Joyful all ye nations rise
Join the triumph of the skies
With th'angelic hosts proclaim
Christ is born in Bethlehem
Hark the herald angels sing
Glory to the newborn King

Verse 2:

Christ by highest heav'n adored
Christ the everlasting Lord
Late in time behold Him come
Offspring of the Virgin's womb
Veiled in flesh the Godhead see
Hail th'incarnate Deity
Pleased as man with men to dwell
Jesus our Emmanuel
Hark the herald angels sing
Glory to the newborn King

Verse 3:

Hail the heav'n-born Prince of Peace
Hail the Sun of Righteousness
Light and life to all He brings
Ris'n with healing in His wings
Mild He lays His glory by
Born that man no more may die
Born to raise the sons of earth
Born to give them second birth
Hark the herald angels sing
Glory to the newborn King

CCLI Song # 27738
Charles Wesley | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
© Words: Public Domain; Music: Public Domain

O Little Town Of Bethlehem

Verse 1:

O little town of Bethlehem
How still we see thee lie
Above thy deep and dreamless sleep
The silent stars go by
Yet in thy dark streets shineth
The everlasting Light
The hopes and fears of all the years
Are met in thee tonight

Verse 2:

For Christ is born of Mary
And gathered all above
While mortals sleep
The angels keep their watch of wondering love
O morning stars together
Proclaim the holy birth
And praises sing to God the King
And peace to men on earth

Verse 3:

How silently how silently
The wondrous gift is given
So God imparts to human hearts
The blessings of His heaven
No ear may hear His coming
But in this world of sin
Where meek souls will receive Him still
The dear Christ enters in

Verse 4:

O holy Child of Bethlehem
Descend to us we pray
Cast out our sin and enter in
Be born in us today
We hear the Christmas angels
The great glad tidings tell
O come to us abide with us
Our Lord Emmanuel

CCLI Song # 1240040
Chris Eaton | Phillips Brooks
© Words: Public Domain; Music: 1982 Patch Music Ltd

O Come All Ye Faithful

Verse 1:

O come all ye faithful
Joyful and triumphant
O come ye O come ye to Bethlehem
Come and behold Him
Born the King of angels Chorus O come let us adore Him
O come let us adore Him
O come let us adore Him
Christ the Lord

Verse 2:

God of God
Light of light
Lo He abhors not the virgin's womb
Very God
Begotten not created

Verse 3:

Sing choirs of angels
Sing in exultation
Sing all ye citizens of heaven above
Glory to God
In the highest

Verse 4:

Yea Lord we greet Thee
Born this happy morning
Jesus to Thee be glory given
Word of the Father
Now in flesh appearing

CCLI Song # 4758525

C. Frederick Oakeley | John Francis Wade | William Henry Monk

While Shepherds Watched

Verse 1:

While shepherds watched
Their flocks by night
All seated on the ground
The angel of the Lord came down
And glory shone around

Verse 2:

Fear not said he for mighty dread
Had seized their troubled mind
Glad tidings of great joy I bring
To you and all mankind

Verse 3:

To you in David's town this day
Is born of David's line
A Saviour who is Christ the Lord
And this shall be the sign

Verse 4:

The heavenly babe you there shall find
To human view displayed
All meanly wrapped in swaddling bands
And in a manger laid

Verse 5:

Thus spake the seraph and forthwith
Appeared a shining throng
Of angels praising God who thus
Addressed their joyful song

Verse 6:

All glory be to God on high
And on the earth be peace
Goodwill hence forth
From heaven to men
Begin and never cease

We Three Kings (Kings Of Orient)

Verse 1:

We three kings of Orient are
Bearing gifts we traverse afar
Field and fountain moor and mountain
Following yonder star

Chorus:

O star of wonder star of night
Star with royal beauty bright
Westward leading still proceeding
Guide us to Thy perfect light

Verse 2:

Born a King on Bethlehem's plain
Gold I bring to crown Him again
King forever ceasing never
Over us all to reign

Verse 3:

Frankincense to offer have I
Incense owns a Deity nigh
Prayer and praising all men raising
Worship Him God on high

Verse 4:

Myrrh is mine its bitter perfume
Breathes a life of gathering gloom
Sorrowing sighing bleeding dying
Sealed in the stone cold tomb

Verse 5:

Glorious now behold Him arise
King and God and sacrifice
Alleluia alleluia
Peals through the earth and skies

Joy To The World

Verse 1:

Joy to the world the Lord has come
Let earth receive her King
Let ev'ry heart prepare Him room
And heaven and nature sing
And heaven and nature sing
And heaven heaven and nature sing

Verse 2:

Joy to the world the Saviour reigns
Let men their songs employ
While fields and floods rocks hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy
Repeat the sounding joy
Repeat repeat the sounding joy

Verse 3:

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 and wonders of His love