Lyrics
(Melody Traditional, 1835, Lyrics by Charles Wesley, 1755)
1. Come away to the skies.
My beloved, arise,
And rejoice in the day thou wast born;
On this festival day,
Come exulting away,
And with singing to Zion return.
2. Now with singing and praise,
Let us spend all the days,
By our heavenly Father bestowed,
While his grace we receive
From his bounty, and live
To the honor and glory of God.
See also
- Subject: Christmas
- Harmony: I IV V chords
- Meter: 2
- Scale: hexachord
- Tones: l,drmfs
- Source: American Folk Songs for Children,Ruth Crawford Seeger, Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1948
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody
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