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Free same-meter accompaniment for Joy to the World (Isaac Watts): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ST. ANNE (William Croft) in four-part harmony, 5 verses, with the words on screen. Choose the key and speed, add an introduction, project the words on a TV, or practice your own choir part. Made for churches and home groups without a musician.

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  1. 1Joy to the world! the Lord is come:
  2. Let earth receive her King;
  3. Let ev'ry heart prepare Him room
  4. And heav'n and nature sing,
  5. And heav'n and nature sing,
  6. And heav'n, and heaven and nature sing.
  7. 2Joy to the earth, the Savior reigns!
  8. Let men their songs employ,
  9. While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains
  10. Repeat the sounding joy,
  11. Repeat the sounding joy,
  12. Repeat, repeat the sounding joy.
  13. 3No more let sins and sorrows grow,
  14. Nor thorns infest the ground;
  15. He comes to make His blessings flow
  16. Far as the curse is found,
  17. Far as the curse is found,
  18. Far as, far as the curse is found.
  19. 4He rules the world with truth and grace
  20. And makes the nations prove
  21. The glories of His righteousness
  22. And wonders of His love,
  23. And wonders of His love,
  24. And wonders, wonders of His love.
  25. 5Amen.

About this music

ST. ANNE — William Croft. Setting: composite found in "The Lutheran Hymnary", 1913.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from 'The Lutheran Hymnary', 1913, Hymn 261. Arrangement is composite, first half from "Hymns Ancient and Modern", 1869, Hymn 231. ed William Henry Monk Second half is from "The Hymnal Companion to the Book of Common Prayer", 1890, Hymn 279. ed. Charles Vincent, D.J. Wood, John Stainer; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the Joy to the World page.

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