It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Song by David Willcocks and Richard Storrs Willis
"It Came Upon the Midnight Clear", sometimes rendered as "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear", is an 1849 poem and Christmas carol written by Edmund Sears, pastor of the Unitarian Church in Wayland, Massachusetts. Wikipedia
Lyricist: Edmund Sears
Composers: Richard Storrs Willis and David Willcocks
Based on: Luke 2:14
Melody: "Carol", by Richard Storrs Willis, or "Noel", adapted by Arthur Sullivan
Meter: 8.6.8.6 (CMD)
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