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SDA Hymnal 120

There's a Song in the Air

Tune: CHRISTMAS SONG

1There's a song in the air!
There's a star in the sky!
There's a mother's deep prayer
And a baby's low cry!
And the star rains its fire
while the beautiful sing,
For the manger of Bethlehem
cradles a King!

2There's a tumult of joy
O'er the wonderful birth,
For the virgin's sweet boy
Is the Lord of the earth.
Aye! the star rains its fire
while the beautiful sing,
For the manger of Bethlehem
cradles a King!

3In the light of that star
Lie the ages impearled;
And that song from afar
Has swept over the world.
Every hearth is aflame
and the beautiful sing
In the homes of the nations
that Jesus is King!

4We rejoice in the light,
And we echo the song
That comes down through the night
From the heavenly throng.
Aye! we shout to the lovely evangel they bring,
And we greet in His cradle
our Savior and King!

Tune: CHRISTMAS SONG

The verse

Meter: 6.6.6.6.7.6.8.4
Foot: anapestic (da-da-DUM) · 61% of beats fit
Rhyme: ABABCDED

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Verse 1

There's a song in the air!/˘/˘˘/6A

There's a star in the sky!/˘/˘˘/6B

There's a mother's deep prayer/˘/˘//6A

And a baby's low cry!˘˘/˘//6B

And the star rains its fire˘˘//˘/˘7C

while the beautiful sing,/˘/˘˘/6D

For the manger of Bethlehem˘˘/˘˘/˘/8E

cradles a King!/˘˘/4D

Verse 2

There's a tumult of joy/˘/˘˘/6A

O'er the wonderful birth,/˘/˘˘/6B

For the virgin's sweet boy˘˘/˘//6A

Is the Lord of the earth.˘˘/˘˘/6B

Aye! the star rains its fire/˘//˘/˘7C

while the beautiful sing,/˘/˘˘/6D

For the manger of Bethlehem˘˘/˘˘/˘/8E

cradles a King!/˘˘/4D

Verse 3

In the light of that star˘˘/˘˘/6A

Lie the ages impearled;/˘/˘???7B

And that song from afar˘˘/˘˘/6A

Has swept over the world.˘//˘˘/6C

Every hearth is aflame/˘˘/˘˘/7D

and the beautiful sing˘˘/˘˘/6E

In the homes of the nations˘˘/˘˘/˘7F

that Jesus is King!˘/˘˘/5E

Verse 4

We rejoice in the light,˘˘/˘˘/6A

And we echo the song˘˘/˘˘/6B

That comes down through the night˘///˘/6A

From the heavenly throng.˘˘/˘˘/6B

Aye! we shout to the lovely evangel they bring,/˘/˘˘/˘???˘/12C

And we greet in His cradle˘˘/˘˘/˘7D

our Savior and King!/˘/˘˘/6C

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.