Shepherds in the fields abiding (Joseph Edmund Mills)
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- (Posted 2012-10-23) CPDL #27460: (Finale 2011)
- Editor: James W. Keefe (submitted 2012-10-23). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 35 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Arranged by James W. Keefe.
- (Posted 2008-03-24) CPDL #16436:
- Editor: John Murphy (submitted 2008-03-24). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 64 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Arranged by John Murphy.
General Information
Title: Shepherds in the Fields Abiding
Composer: Joseph Edmund Mills
Lyricist: George Ratcliffe Woodward
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1960
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Original text and translations
English text
Translation by George Ratcliffe Woodward
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."