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Text:Ye Simple Men of Hearts Sincere
Author:Charles Wesley
Tune:DUKE STREET
Composer (attributed to):John Hatton
Media:MIDI file

7769. Ye Simple Men of Hearts Sincere

1. Ye simple men of heart sincere,
Shepherds who watch your flocks by night,
Start not to see an angel near,
Nor tremble at this glorious light.

2. “A herald from the heavenly King,
I come, your every fear to chase;
Good tidings of great joy I bring,
Great joy to all the fallen race.

3. “To you is born on this glad day,
A Savior by our host adored;
Our God in Bethlehem survey,
Make haste to worship Christ the Lord.

4. By this the Savior of mankind,
Th’incarnate God shall be displayed;
The Babe ye wrapped in swaths shall find,
And humbly in a manger laid.

Text Information
First Line: Ye simple men of heart sincere
Title: Ye Simple Men of Hearts Sincere
Author: Charles Wesley (1745)
Meter: LM
Language: English
Source: Hymns for the Nativity of Our Lord (London: William Strahan, 1745), number 1
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Alternate tunes: ERNAN, Lowell Mason, 1850; FEDERAL STREET, Henry K. Oliver, 1832; GERMANY, Sacred Melodies, by William Gardiner, 1815
Tune Information
Name: DUKE STREET
Composer (attributed to): John Hatton (1793)
Meter: LM
Incipit: 13467 17655 55654
Key: D Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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