The Singing Master's Assistant

Let tyrants shake their iron rod,
And Slav'ry clank her galling chains,
We fear them not, we trust in God,
New England's God forever reigns.
Howe and Burgoyne and Clinton too,
With Prescot and Cornwallis join'd,
Together plot our Overthrow,
In one Infernal league combin'd.
When God inspir'd us for the fight,
Their ranks were broke, their lines were forc'd,
Their ships were Shatter'd in our sight,
Or swiftly driven from our Coast.
The Foe comes on with haughty Stride;
Our troops advance with martial noise,
Their Vet'rans flee before our Youth,
And Gen'rals yield to beardless Boys.
What grateful Off'ring shall we bring?
What shall we render to the Lord?
Loud Halleluiahs let us Sing,
And praise his name on ev'ry Chord.

Methinks I see a heav’nly host
Of angels on the wing;
Methinks I hear their cheerful notes,
So merrily they sing
Let all your fears be banish’d hence;
Glad tidings we proclaim,
For there’s a Savior born to day,
And Jesus is his name.
Let all your fears be banish’d hence;
Glad tidings we proclaim,
For there’s a Savior born to day,
And Jesus is his name.

Lord! and shall Angels have their Songs,
and men no tunes to raise?
O may we lose these useless Tongues
when they forget to praise!
Glory to God that reigns above,
that pitied us forlorn,
We join to sing our Maker’s Love,
for there’s a Savior born.
Glory to God that reigns above,
that pitied us forlorn,
We join to sing our Maker’s Love,
for there’s a Savior born.

'Twas on that dark, that doleful night
When all the powers of hell arose
Against the Son of God's delight
And friends betrayed him to his foes:

Before the mournful scene began
He took the bread, and blessed, and brake:
What love through all his actions ran!
What wondrous words of grace he spake!

"This is my body broke for sin;
Receive and eat the living food:"
Then took the cup and blessed the wine,--
"'Tis the new cov’nant in my blood."

"Do this," he said, "till time shall end
In mеmory of your dying Friend;
Meet at my table, and record
The love of your departed Lord."

Jesus! thy feast we celebrate;
We show thy death, we sing thy name
Till thou return, and we shall eat
The marriage supper of the Lamb.

When Jesus wept a falling tear,
Mercy flowed beyond all bound.
When Jesus groaned, a trembling fear
Seized all the guilty world around.

I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valley.
I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valley.
As the lily among the thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
As the apple tree, the apple tree among the trees of the wood,
so is my beloved among the sons.
so is my beloved among the sons.
I sat down under his shadow with great delight,
and his fruit, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
and his fruit, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

He brought me to the banqueting house,
his banner over me was love.
He brought me to the banqueting house,
his banner over me was love.

Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples:
for I am sick
for I am sick
for I am sick of love.
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem,
by the roes, and by the hinds of the field,
that ye stir not up,
that ye stir not up,
that ye stir not up,
that ye stir not up,
nor awake, awake, awake, awake my love, till he please.

The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh
leaping upon the mountains,
skipping, skipping, skipping, skipping
leaping upon the mountains,
skipping upon the hills.

My beloved spake, and said unto me,
Rise up,
Rise up,
Rise up,
Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.

For, lo, the winter is past,
the rain is over and gone.
For, lo, the winter is past,
the rain is over and gone.
the rain is over
the rain is over
the rain is over and gone.
For, lo, the winter is past,
the rain is over and gone.

Is any afflicted, let him pray.
Is any of you merry, let him sing psalms: (James 5:13)
singing and making melody
singing and making melody
singing and making melody in your hearts to the Lord. (Ephesians 5:19)
singing and making melody
singing and making melody
singing and making melody in your hearts to the Lord.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly,
teaching and admonishing
teaching and admonishing
teaching and admonishing one another
in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs: (Colossians 3:16)

singing and making melody
singing and making melody
singing and making melody in your hearts to the Lord.
singing and making melody
singing and making melody
singing and making melody in your hearts to the Lord.

1. A Virgin unspotted the Prophet foretold,
Should bring forth a Savior which now we behold,
To be our Redeemer from Death, Hell and Sin,
Which Adam's transgression involved us in.
  Then let us be Merry, put Sorrow away,
  Our Savior, Christ Jesus, was born on this day.
  Then let us be Merry, put Sorrow away,
  Our Savior, Christ Jesus, was born on this day.

2. Through Bethlehem City, in Jewry it was,
That Joseph and Mary together did pass;
And for to be taxèd when thither they came,
Since Caesar Augustus commanded the same.
  Then let us be Merry, &c.

3. But Mary's full Time being come as we find,
She brought forth her First-born to save all Mankind:
The Inn being full, for this heavenly Guest,
No Place there was found where to lay him to rest.
  Then let us be Merry, &c.

4. But Mary, blest Mary, so meek and so mild,
Soon wrapped up in Swadlings this heavenly Child;
Contented she laid him where Oxen do feed;
The great God of Nature approved of the Deed.
  Then let us be Merry, &c.

5. To teach us Humility all this was done,
Then learn we from hence haughty Pride for to shun;
A Manger's his Cradle, who came from above,
The Great God of Mercy, of Peace, and of Love.
  Then let us be Merry, &c.

6. Then presently after, the Shepherds did spy
Vast numbers of Angels to stand in the Sky;
So merrily talking, so sweet they did sing,
All Glory and Praise to our heavenly King.
  Then let us be Merry, &c.