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T:Silent Night 1914 (Cmaj)
C:Cormac MacConnell
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w:Nine-teen four-teen_ on Christ-mas day_ on~the wes-tern front the guns all died a-way_ and
w:left their tren-ches_ and we left ours._ Be-neath tin hats the smiles bloomed like wild flowers._ With
w:mor-ning all the guns boomed in the rain_ and we killed them and they killed us a-gain._ With
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w:ly-ing in the mud on bags of sand_ we heard a Ger-man sing from no man's land._ He
w:pho-tos ci-ga-rettes and cups of wine_ we built a sol-dier's truce on the front line._ Their
w:bay-o-net bomb bul-let gas and flame_ and nei-ther we nor they at all to blame. There was
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w:had a te-nor voice so pure and true._ The words were strange but ev-ery note we knew._ *
w:sing-er was a lad of twen-ty one._ We begged a-no-ther song be-fore the dawn,_ and
w:hea-vy figh-ting right through-out the day._ For one night's peace we blood-i-ly did pay._ At
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w:Soar-ing o'er the li-ving dead and damned_ the Ger-man sang of peace from no man's land.
w:sit-ting in the blood and mud and fear_ he sang a-gain the song all longed to hear.
w:night they charged, we fought them hand to hand, and I killed that boy who sang in no man's land.
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w:Si__lent night, no can-nons roar._ A king is born of peace for-e-ver more._ All's
w:Si__lent night, no can-nons roar._ A king is born of peace for-e-ver more._ All's
w:Si__lent night, no can-nons roar._ A king is born of peace for-e-ver more._ All's
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w:calm, all's bright, all bro-thers hand in hand in nine-teen four-teen in no man's land.___ They
w:calm, all's bright, all bro-thers hand in hand midst gas and rusty wire in no man's land._ And in the
w:calm, all's bright, all bro-thers hand in hand and * * * * * * * * * * * *
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w:that yougn sol-dier sings, the song of peace still rings though all the cap-tains and the kings built no__man's
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w:land. May they sleep_ in hea-ven-ly peace.