Christmas Carol Sing-Along · Christmas
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Get ready for Christmas. Practise the carols at home, in your own time, on your own or with family and friends. First hear it, then sing it.
1 Listen
Let the choir sing it to you. Follow the music and the words.
2 Sing
Now it’s your turn. The organ plays, and the gold note shows the way.
Words by Charles Wesley, 1739; first line by George Whitefield, 1753. Tune by Felix Mendelssohn, 1840, adapted by William Cummings.
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Charles Wesley published this hymn in 1739, with an opening line about the “welkin”, an old word for the sky. In 1753 George Whitefield gave it the first line we sing, and later editors reshaped it further.
More about this carolThe full lyric video and its history