While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night (Winchester Old) (Traditional melody)

In the UK and Commonwealth countries, the standard hymn tune of "While Shepherds Watched" is "Winchester", originally published in Este's psalter The Whole Book of Psalmes from 1592. Daniel Read published his tune "Sherburne" in 1785, a popular setting that appeared over seventy times in print before 1810 and is still commonly sung by Sacred Harp singers.

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LYRICS:
1. While shepherds watched their flocks by night,
all seated on the ground,
an angel of the Lord came down,
and glory shone around.

2. ‘Fear not,’ said he for mighty dread
had seized their troubled mind
‘glad tidings of great joy I bring
to you and all mankind.

3. ‘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:

4. The heav'nly babe you there shall find
to human view displayed,
all meanly wrapped in swaddling bands,
and in a manger laid.'

5. Thus spoke the seraph, and forthwith
appeared a shining throng
of angels praising God, who thus
addressed their joyful song:

6. 'All glory be to God on high,
and on the earth be peace,
goodwill henceforth from heav'n to all
begin and never cease.'

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While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night (Winchester Old) (Traditional melody)

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