What Sweeter Music

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p legato sempre

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ca - rol,

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string!

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What sweet - er mu - sic can we bring

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The birth

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our heav`n - ly King?

A - wake

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for to sing

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Dark and dull night

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fly hence a - way,

and give the ho - nour to this day

That sees De - cem - ber turn`d to

Dark and dull night

fly hence a - way,

and give the ho - nour to this day

That sees De - cem - ber turn`d to

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Biblioteca musical: Leonardo D Amador Ochoa

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That sees De - cem - ber turn`d to May

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That sees De - cem - ber turn`d to May Why does the chill - ing win - ter`s morn

Smile, like a field be - set with

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May

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That sees De - cem - ber turn`d to May

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That sees De - cem - ber turn`d to May Why does the chill - ing win - ter`s morn

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Smile, like a field be - set with

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corn? Or smell like a mea - dow new - ly shorn Thus on the sud - den? Come and see The cause, why things thus fra - grant
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corn? Or smell like a mea - dow new - ly shorn Thus on the sud - den? Come and see The cause, why things thus fra - grant

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Biblioteca musical: Leonardo D Amador Ochoa

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Gives life and lu - stre, pub - lic

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life and lu - stre, pub - lic mirth,

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mirth, To hea - ven and the un - der

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Man.

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Tis he is born, whose quick - ning birth

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earth. We see him come, and know himours, Who with his sun - shine and hisshowrs, Turns all the pa - tient
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ground to

earth We see him come, and know him ours, Who with his sun - shine and hisshowrs, Turns
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ground to

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We see him come, and know himours, Who with his sun - shine and hisshowrs, Turns the pa - tient ground to

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We see him come, and know himours, Who wits his sun - shine and hisshowrs,

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Biblioteca musical: Leonardo D Amador Ochoa

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flowrs,turns all the pa - tient ground to flowrs.The dar-ling of

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flowrs,turns all the pa - tient ground to flowrs.The dar-ling of

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world is come,and fit it is, we find a room To

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we

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Which we willgive him;and be

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wel-come him, to wel-come him.

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wel-come him, to wel-come him.

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world is come,and fit it is, we find a room To

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Man.

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wel-come him. The no-bler part of

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all the house here, is the heart,Which we will give him;and be

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all the house here, is the heart,Which we willgive him;and be

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Biblioteca musical: Leonardo D Amador Ochoa

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queath

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queath This

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queath This
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What sweet - er mu - sic can we bring

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this our heavn - ly

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King,

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King.

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this our heavn - ly King,

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King.

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