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Christ in Song 254

Sweetly Sing

Words: Emily H. WoodmanMusic: Emily H. Woodman

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1Sweet-ly sing, sweet-ly sing, Praise to our dear Sav-ior King; Let us praise, let us raise High our voice in grat-i-
Ange-ls bright, an-gels bright, Wor-ship'd Him in heav-en's light and when Christ was born, Christ was born, they told praise, told praise, in the morn-

RefrainSweet-ly sing, sweet-ly sing, Praise to our dear Sav-ior King,
Sweet-ly sing, sweet-ly sing, Praise to our dear Sav-ior King.

2Far a-way, far a-way, We too dai-ly, dai-ly pray; They sang, they sang, Sweet-ly by His name.
Bright-er than the morn-ing star, Bright-er than the morn-ing star, They sang, they sang, they sang, Bright-er than the morn-ing star.

3Praise to Him whose sweet are! Lev-y, Praise to Him who reigns above! Raise your songs, raise your songs, Now we thank His love, so!
But from Sol-diers Light and Joy, Come and sing; Come and sing, The Child the an-gels Joy, come and sing,
He re-joiced as by His grace, This prepare to have a place In the sky, in the sky, He will al-ways with us stay.

Scripture
Psalm 149:1

Song shall be taught to the Lord, praise ye the Lord.--Psa 149:1

The verse

Meter
27.29
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 41% of beats fit
Rhyme
AB
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Verse 1

Sweet-ly sing, sweet-ly sing, Praise to our dear Sav-ior King; Let us praise, let us raise High our voice in grat-i-/˘//˘//˘/˘//˘//˘//˘///˘/˘??27A
Ange-ls bright, an-gels bright, Wor-ship'd Him in heav-en's light and when Christ was born, Christ was born, they told praise, told praise, in the morn-/˘//˘//˘˘˘/˘/˘//˘//˘/˘////˘˘/29B

Verse 2

Far a-way, far a-way, We too dai-ly, dai-ly pray; They sang, they sang, Sweet-ly by His name./˘//˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/˘//˘˘˘/22A
Bright-er than the morn-ing star, Bright-er than the morn-ing star, They sang, they sang, they sang, Bright-er than the morn-ing star./˘˘˘/˘//˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘//˘˘˘/˘/27B

Verse 3

Praise to Him whose sweet are! Lev-y, Praise to Him who reigns above! Raise your songs, raise your songs, Now we thank His love, so!/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘//˘//˘//˘/˘/˘27A
But from Sol-diers Light and Joy, Come and sing; Come and sing, The Child the an-gels Joy, come and sing,˘˘/˘/˘//˘//˘/˘/˘/˘//˘/22B
He re-joiced as by His grace, This prepare to have a place In the sky, in the sky, He will al-ways with us stay.˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘//˘˘/27C

Refrain

Sweet-ly sing, sweet-ly sing, Praise to our dear Sav-ior King,/˘//˘//˘/˘//˘/14A
Sweet-ly sing, sweet-ly sing, Praise to our dear Sav-ior King./˘//˘//˘/˘//˘/14A

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.