It Came Upon a Midnight Clear-The Manhattan Transfer

[00:09.74]It came upon the midnight clear, [00:14.48]that glorious song of old [00:19.09]From angels bending near the earth [00:24.03]to touch their harps of gold [00:28.45]Peace on the earth, goodwill to men, [00:33.06]from heaven's all gracious king [00:38.14]The world in solemn stillness lay [00:43.06]to hear the angels sing [00:54.67]Still through the cloven skies they come [00:59.43]with peaceful wings unfurl [01:04.22]And still their heavenly music floats [01:08.93]O'er all the weary world [01:13.59]Above its sad and lowly plains [01:18.06]they bend on hovering wing [01:22.99]And ever o'er its Babel sounds [01:27.89]the blessed angels sing [02:24.97]O ye, beneath life's crushing load [02:29.41]whose forms are bending low [02:33.99]Who toil along the climbing way [02:38.89]with painful steps and slow [02:43.42]Look now for glad and golden hours [02:48.26]come swiftly on the wing [02:52.92]O rest beside the weary road [02:57.86]and hear the angels sing [03:02.80]and hear the angels sing