This year the choir is raising money for:

“The Starlite Theatre Group”A recently formed Falmouth based theatre group which helps children between 6 and 16 with life skills.

“Sasha Would’ve Loved It”Raising money for young people with cancer to have an experience or fun event. This gives them something to focus on and look forward to rather than thinking about their treatments.

The proceeds from the Christmas Eve collection will be

presented at a social evening on Saturday 14th March

at the Falmouth Watersports Centre from 7:30pm.

Featuring a concert by the Oggymen, everyone welcome.

Bar, refreshments and a raffle will be available.

This carol sheet can be downloaded from our web page

www.kjgerry.co.uk/harmony-choir

“The Cornish Christmas Harmony Choir”

For more information, please contact the secretary Kevin Gerry

kjgerry@aol.com or 07843 594065

Published by Kevin Gerry of Longdowns Smithy

Your local blacksmith.

£1.00

The Harmony ChoirSupported by Falmouth Town Council

Tuesday 24th December 2019

Founded in 1900 as the Falmouth Docks Choir to raise money for the sick and unemployed

members of the Docks’ workforce at Christmas, these days it is made up of

members of Cornish male voice choirs and raises money for local charities.

They mostly sing carols by composers like Merritt and Warmington to keep the tradition

of singing locally produced carols alive.

Church Corner- 2017- Raffy and Rob taking it in turns to conduct.

Carol SheetAnnual Performance No. 120

1 HARK! WHAT MEAN (Merritt)Hark, What mean those heavenly voices,

Sweetly sounding through the skies,Sweetly sounding through the skies.Lo! The Angelic Hosts Rejoices,Lo! The Angelic Hosts Rejoices,Lo! The Angelic Hosts Rejoices,Heav’nly Hallelujahs rise!Heav’nly Hallelujahs rise!

Christ is born the Great Anointed!Heaven and earth His praises sing,Heaven and earth His praises sing,O, receive whom God appointed,O, receive whom God appointed,O, receive whom God appointed,For your Prophet, Priest and King.

2 HAIL, SACRED DAY (Merritt)Hail, Sacred Day, auspicious morn,On which the Prince of life was bornOn which the Prince of life was bornMessiah leaves His Father’s throne,The Glorious Lord of Life comes down,The Glorious Lord of Life comes down,The Glorious Lord of Life comes down.

Arise my soul and hail the Day,Nor sleeps the solemn hours away,Nor sleeps the solemn hours away,Let Heavenly Hosts arise and sing,Let Heavenly Hosts arise and sing,Hosannas to the newborn King,Hosannas to the newborn King,Hosannas to the newborn King.

10 GUIDE ME (Cwm Rhondda)

Guide me O Thou Great Jehovah,Pilgrim through this barren land;I am weak, but Thou art mighty,Hold me with Thy powerful hand;Bread of Heaven, bread of Heaven,Feed me now and evermore.

Feed me now and evermore.

When I tread the verge of Jordan,Bid my anxious fears subside;Death of deaths, and hell’s destruction,Land me safe on Canaan’s side;Songs of praises, songs of praises,I will ever give to TheeI will ever give to Thee.

11 O COME (Adeste Fideles)O come, all ye faithful,Joyful and triumphant,O come ye, O come ye to BethlehemCome and behold Him,Born the King of angels,O come let us adore Him, Christ the Lord.

Sing, choirs of angles,Sing in exultation,Sing all ye citizens of heaven above,‘Glory to God in the highest.’O come let us adore Him, Christ the Lord.

8 WHILE SHEPARDS (Lyngham)While shepherds watched their flocks by night, All seated on the ground,The angel of the Lord came down And glory shone around.Fear not! Said he, for mighty dreadHad seized their troubled mind,Glad tidings of great joy I bringTo you and all mankind.

To you, in David’s town this dayIs born of David’s lineA Saviour, who is Christ the Lord,And this shall be the sign.

All glory be to God on high,And to the earth be peace;Goodwill henceforth from heaven to menBegin and never cease.

9 SWEET IS THE WORK (Deep Harmony)Sweet is the work, my God, my King,To praise Thy name, give thanks and sing,To show Thy love by morning light,And talk of all thy truth at night.

My heart shall triumph in the Lord,And bless His works, and bless His word,Thy works of grace, how bright they shine!How deep Thy Counsels, how divine!

Then shall I see, and hear, and know,All I desired and wished below,And every power find sweet employIn that eternal world of joy.

3 LO! HE COMES (Merritt)Lo! He comes, an infant stranger,Of a lowly mother born,Of a lowly mother born;

Swathed and cradled in a mangerOf His pristine glory shorn.

CHORUSHallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Praise ye God’s incarnate word;Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Praise ye God’s incarnate word,Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Praise ye God’s incarnate word,Praise ye God’s incarnate word.

Lo! He comes by man unfriended,Fain with stable beast to rest, Fain with stable beast to rest;Shepherds, who their night-fold tended,Hailed alone the newborn guest.

CHORUSHallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Praise ye Jesu’s tender rod.

4 HARK THE GLAD SOUND (Merritt)Hark the glad sound; the Saviour comes,The Saviour promised long,The Saviour promised long;Let every heart prepare a throne,Let every heart prepare a throne,And every voice a song,And every voice a song,And every voice a song.

He comes to the prisoners to release,In Satan’s bondage held,In Satan’s bondage held;The gates of brass before Him burst,The gates of brass before Him burst,The iron fetters yield,The iron fetters yield,The iron fetters yield.

5 HARK WHAT MUSIC (Warmington)Hark what music fills creation,Circling through the boundless sky,Circling through the boundless sky;Shepherds filled with consternation Hear seraphic harmony, REPEAT Hear seraphic harmony.

Go to Bethlehem in a manger,There you’ll see the Saviour King;Come and praise the Heavenly Stranger Make the whole creation ring, REPEAT Make the whole creation ring,

6 LO THE EASTERN? (Warmington)Lo, the Eastern Sages rise,At a signal in the skies,Brighter than the brightest gemIs the star of Bethlehem;Brighter than the brightest gemIs the star of Bethlehem;Is the star of Bethlehem

Balaam’s mystic words appear,Full of light Divinely clear;And the import wrapped in themIs the star of Bethlehem;And the import wrapped in themIs the star of Bethlehem,Is the star of Bethlehem.

7 SOUND, SOUND (Warmington)Sound, sound your instruments of joy,Sound, sound your instruments of joy,To triumph shake each string,To triumph shake each string;Let shouts of universal joy,Of universal joy,Welcome, welcome, welcome,A new born King.

See, see the glad’ning dawn appears,See, see the glad’ning dawn appears;Bright angels deck the morn,Bright angels deck the morn,Behold the Great I AM is given The Great I AM is given,The King of Glory’s born.