It Came upon the Midnight Clear

Frank Sinatra, American vocalist-actor
(12 December, 1915 - 14 May, 1998)

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Frank Sinatra & Chorus
It Came upon the Midnight Clear (Sears & Willis)

It Came upon the Midnight Clear (1849)
Words: Edmund Sears
Music: Richard Willis

Frank Sinatra & Chorus

It came upon the midnight clear,
That glorious song of old,
From angels bending near the earth,
To touch their harps of gold;
“Peace on the earth, good will to men,
From Heaven’s all gracious King.”
The world in solemn stillness lay,
To hear the angels sing.

Still through the cloven skies they come
With peaceful wings unfurled,
And still their heavenly music floats
O’er all the weary world;
Above its sad and lowly plains,
They bend on hovering wing,
And ever over its Babel sounds
The blessed angels sing.