Shepherds in the fields abiding (Joseph Edmund Mills)

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Editor: John Murphy (submitted 2008-03-24).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 64 kbytes   Copyright: CPDL

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Title: Shepherds in the Fields Abiding
Composer: Joseph Edmund Mills
Arranger: John Murphy

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Instruments: a cappella

Language: English
Published: 1960

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Original text and translations

English text

Translation by George Ratcliffe Woodward (1848-1934):

Shepherds in the field abiding,
Tell us when the seraph bright
Greeted you with wondrous tiding,
What you saw and heard that night.

Refrain: Gloria in excelsis Deo, in excelsis gloria.

We beheld--it is no fable--
God incarnate, King of bliss,
Swathed and cradled in a stable,
And the angel strain was this:

Choristers on high were singing
Jesus and His virgin birth,
Heavenly bells the while a-ringing
"Peace, good will to men on earth."