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T: I Heard the Bells on Cristmas Day   [C]
C: music: John Calkin
C: words: Henry W. Longfellow
R: song
Z: 2022 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu> (from several online hymnals)
M: C
L: 1/4
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w: 1.~I Heard the Bells on Christ-mas day their
w: 2.~I thought how, as the day had come, The
w: 3.~And in des-pair I bowed my head: "There
w: 4.~Then pealed the bells more loud and deep: "God
w: 5.~Till, ring-ing, sing-ing on its way, the
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w: old fa-mil-iar car-ols play, And
w: bel-fries of all Chris-ten-dom Had
w: is no peace on earth," I said, "For
w: is not dead, nor doth He sleep; The
w: world re-volved from night to day A
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w: wild and sweet the words re-peat of
w: rolled a-long th'un-bro-ken song of
w: hate is strong, and mocks the song Of
w: wrong shall fail, the right pre-vail, with
w: voice, a chime, a chant sub-lime, of
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w: peace on earth, good will to men.
w: peace on earth, good will to men.
w: peace on earth, good will to men."
w: peace on earth, good will to men."
w: peace on earth, good will to men.
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