Couplet 1

It came upon the midnight clear
That glorious song of old
From angels bending near the earth
To touch their harps of gold

Refrain 1

Peace on the earth
Goodwill to men
From heaven’s all gracious King
The world in solemn stillness lay
To hear the angels sing

Couplet 2

And ye beneath life’s crushing load
Whose forms are
Bending low
Who toil along the climbing way
With painful steps and slow

Refrain 2

Look now for glad and golden hours
Come swiftly on the wing
And rest beside the weary road
And hear the angels sing

Couplet 3

Still through the cloven skies
They come
With peaceful wings
Unfurled
And still their heavenly
Music floats
O’er all the weary world

Refrain 3

And man at war with man hears not
The love song which they bring
O hush the noise ye men of strife
And hear the angels sing

Couplet 4

For lo the days are hastening on
By prophets seen of old
When with the ever circling years
Shall come the time foretold

Refrain 4

When peace shall over all the earth
It's ancient splendors fling
And the whole world
Send back the song
Which now the angels sing