This year the choir is raising money for:
The Breathe Falmouth Club, towards employing a
physiotherapist to oversee their exercise programme.
The League of Friends of the Falmouth Hospitals,
providing some Christmas cheer for patients in Falmouth
Hospital over Christmas.
The Penryn Federation, towards transport to take
elderley members on trips and social events.
Falmouth Festival Fund, which raises money to
improve Christmas Lights and Town Decoration for
Festivals (managed by Falmouth Town Council).
The proceeds from the collection will be presented at a
social evening that is open to all, at the Falmouth
Bowling Club on Saturday February 6th at 7.30pm.
There will be entertainment and light refreshments.
To apply for a grant from the 2016 collection please
contact the choir secretary Kevin Gerry on
01209 860823, KJGerry@aol.com
This carol sheet can be downloaded from our web page
www.kjgerry.co.uk/harmony-choir
The carol sheet is published by Kevin Gerry
of Longdowns Smithy,
A leading Cornish manufacturer of bespoke gates and railings.
The Harmony Choir
Supported by Falmouth Town Council
Christmas Eve 2015
Founded in 1900 as the Falmouth Docks
Choir to raise money for the sick and
unemployed members of the Docks’
workforce, these days it is made up of
members of local male voice choirs and
raises money for good causes in Falmouth.
Near Custom’s House Quay, Christmas Eve 2012
Carol Sheet
Performance No. 116
1
HARK! WHAT MEAN (Merritt)
Hark, What mean those heavenly voices,
Sweetly sounding through the skies,
Sweetly sounding through the skies.
Lo! The Angelic Hosts Rejoices,
Lo! The Angelic Hosts Rejoices,
Lo! The Angelic Hosts Rejoices,
Heav’nly Hallelujahs rise!
Heav’nly Hallelujahs rise!
Christ is born the Great Anointed!
Heaven and earth His praises sing,
Heaven and earth His praises sing,
O, receive whom God appointed,
O, receive whom God appointed,
O, receive whom God appointed,
For your Prophet, Priest and King.
2 HAIL, SACRED DAY (Merritt)
Hail, Sacred Day, auspicious morn,
On which the Prince of life was born
On which the Prince of life was born
Messiah leaves His Father’s throne,
The Glorious Lord of Life comes down,
The Glorious Lord of Life comes down,
The Glorious Lord of Life comes down.
Arise my soul and hail the Day,
Nor sleeps the solemn hours away,
Nor sleeps the solemn hours away,
Let Heavenly Hosts arise and sing,
Let Heavenly Hosts arise and sing,
Hosannas to the newborn King,
Hosannas to the newborn King,
Hosannas to the newborn King.
10 GUIDE ME (Cwm Rhondda)
Guide me O Thou Great Jehovah,
Pilgrim through this barren land;
I am weak, but Thou art mighty,
Hold me with Thy powerful hand;
Bread of Heaven, bread of Heaven,
Feed me now and evermore.
Feed me now and evermore.
When I tread the verge of Jordan,
Bid my anxious fears subside;
Death of deaths, and hell’s destruction,
Land me safe on Canaan’s side;
Songs of praises, songs of praises,
I will ever give to Thee
I will ever give to Thee.
11 O COME (Adeste Fideles)
O come, all ye faithful,
Joyful and triumphant,
O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem
Come and behold Him,
Born the King of angels,
O come let us adore Him, Christ the Lord.
Sing, choirs of angles,
Sing in exultation,
Sing all ye citizens of heaven above,
‘Glory to God in the highest.’
O come let us adore Him, Christ the Lord.
8 WHILE SHEPARDS (Lyngham)
While shepherds watched their flocks by night,
All seated on the ground,
The angel of the Lord came down
And glory shone around.
Fear not! Said he, for mighty dread
Had seized their troubled mind,
Glad tidings of great joy I bring
To you and all mankind.
To you, in David’s town this day
Is born of David’s line
A Saviour, who is Christ the Lord,
And this shall be the sign.
All glory be to God on high,
And to the earth be peace;
Goodwill henceforth from heaven to men
Begin and never cease.
9 SWEET IS THE WORK (Deep Harmony)
Sweet is the work, my God, my King,
To praise Thy name, give thanks and sing,
To show Thy love by morning light,
And talk of all thy truth at night.
My heart shall triumph in the Lord,
And bless His works, and bless His word,
Thy works of grace, how bright they shine!
How deep Thy Counsels, how divine!
Then shall I see, and hear, and know,
All I desired and wished below,
And every power find sweet employ
In that eternal world of joy.
3 LO! HE COMES (Merritt)
Lo! He comes, an infant stranger,
Of a lowly mother born,
Of a lowly mother born;
Swathed and cradled in a manger
Of His pristine glory shorn.
CHORUS
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Praise ye God’s incarnate
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Praise ye God’s incarnate
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Praise ye God’s incarnate
Praise ye God’s incarnate
word;
word,
word,
word.
Lo! He comes by man unfriended,
Fain with stable beast to rest,
Fain with stable beast to rest;
Shepherds, who their night-fold tended,
Hailed alone the newborn guest.
CHORUS
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Praise ye Jesu’s tender rod.
4 HARK THE GLAD SOUND (Merritt)
Hark the glad sound; the Saviour comes,
The Saviour promised long,
The Saviour promised long;
Let every heart prepare a throne,
Let every heart prepare a throne,
And every voice a song,
And every voice a song,
And every voice a song.
He comes to the prisoners to release,
In Satan’s bondage held,
In Satan’s bondage held;
The gates of brass before Him burst,
The gates of brass before Him burst,
The iron fetters yield,
The iron fetters yield,
The iron fetters yield.
5 HARK WHAT MUSIC (Warmington)
Hark what music fills creation,
Circling through the boundless sky,
Circling through the boundless sky;
Shepherds filled with consternation
Hear seraphic harmony, REPEAT
Hear seraphic harmony.
Go to Bethlehem in a manger,
There you’ll see the Saviour King;
Come and praise the Heavenly Stranger
Make the whole creation ring, REPEAT
Make the whole creation ring,
6 LO THE EASTERN? (Warmington)
Lo, the Eastern Sages rise,
At a signal in the skies,
Brighter than the brightest gem
Is the star of Bethlehem;
Brighter than the brightest gem
Is the star of Bethlehem;
Is the star of Bethlehem
Balaam’s mystic words appear,
Full of light Divinely clear;
And the import wrapped in them
Is the star of Bethlehem;
And the import wrapped in them
Is the star of Bethlehem,
Is the star of Bethlehem.
7 SOUND, SOUND (Warmington)
Sound, sound your instruments of joy,
Sound, sound your instruments of joy,
To triumph shake each string,
To triumph shake each string;
Let shouts of universal joy,
Of universal joy,
Welcome, welcome, welcome,
A new born King.
See, see the glad’ning dawn appears,
See, see the glad’ning dawn appears;
Bright angels deck the morn,
Bright angels deck the morn,
Behold the Great I AM is given
The Great I AM is given,
The King of Glory’s born.