Singing the Living Tradition ‎#245

245. Joy to the World!

1 Joy to the world! the Word is come:
let earth with praises ring.
Let every heart prepare a room,
and heaven and nature sing,
and heaven and nature sing,
and heaven, and heaven and nature sing.

2 Joy to the earth! Now gladness reigns:
let hearts their songs employ,
while fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains,
repeat the sounding joy,
repeat the sounding joy,
repeat, repeat the sounding joy.

3 No more let sins and sorrows grow,
nor thorns infest the ground.
Let righteousness its glories show
as far as love is found,
as far as love is found,
as far, as far, as love is found.

Text Information

• First Line: Joy to the world! The Word is come
• Title: Joy to the World!
• Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 (alt.)
• Meter: C.M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1993
• Topic: Jewish and Christian Teachings: Christmas

Tune Information

• Name: ANTIOCH
• Composer (attributed to): George Frederick Handel, 1685-1759
• Arranger: Lowell Mason, 1792-1872
• Meter: C.M.
• Key: D Major