X: 1
T: While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night   [C]
%T: "Hymn for Christmas"
C: words: Nahum Tate (1700)
C: melody: William Billings
O: adapted by Darlene Wigton
S: words: https://hymnary.org/text/while_shepherds_watched_their_flocks_by
R: song
Z: 2022 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: C
%%continueall
"intro"[|\
"F"a2a2 "Dm"f2f2 | "C"g2g2 "Am"c2c2 | "F"f2ef "G"gfed | "C"c6
"^A"|: G2 | "C"e2e2 "F"f2e2 | "G"d2d2 "C"e3e | "Dm"f2e2 d2c2 | "G"d6
|| d2 | "C"e2ef "(Em)"g2g2 | "F"abc'2 "C"g3g | "^F"a2"(C)"g2 "F"a2"G"b2 | "C"c'6
"^B"|| g2 | "C"c'2c'2 "G"d'2g2 | "F"c'2ba "C"g3g | "Dm"f2e2 d2c2 | "G"g6
|| g2 | "F"a2a2 "Dm"f2f2 | "C"g2g2 "Am"c2c2 | "F"f2ef "G"gfed |[1,2 "C"c8- | c4 z2 :|
|[3 "Em"e6 g2 | "F"a2a2 "Dm"f2f2 | "C"g2g2 "Am"c2c2 | "F"f2ef "G"gab2 | "C"c'6 |]