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Joy to the World!
Isaac Watts, 1719
Georg Friedrich Handel, 1742
Arr.:  Lowell Mason (1792-1872)

Joy to the world!  the Lord is come; Let earth receive her King;
Let ev'ry heart prepare Him room And heav'n and nature sing,
And heav'n and nature sing, And heav'n and heav'n and nature sing.

Joy to the world!  the Savior reigns' Let men their songs employ
while fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat the sounding joy, Repeat, repeat the sounding joy.

No more let sins and sorrows grow nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make His blessings flow Far as the curse is found,
Far as the curse is found, Far as, far as the curse is found.

He rules the world with truth and grace and makes the nations prove
the glories of His righteousness And wonders of His love,
And wonders of His love, And wonders, wonders of His love.