Joy to the world! the Lord is come;
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare Him room,
and heaven and nature sing,
and heaven and nature sing,
and heaven, and heaven and nature sing.

Joy to the earth! 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 blessing 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.

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Words: Isaac Watts, Psalms of David, 1719.
Music: "Antioch," Lowell Mason, 1848. Mason's
original score said "from George Frederick Handel."
However, scholars who have studied the issue state
that none of the music actually comes from Handel's
work. The tune is named after the city of Antioch,
Syria, where believers were first called "Christians"
(Acts 11:26). Alternate tune: Copenhagen.