Misc Praise Songs – Eleanor Farjeon - Carol Of The Advent (Guitar)

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People look East, the time is near,

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Of the crowning of the year.

                E       C#m     E B
Make your house fair is you are a-ble,

E        F#m         C#m     B
Trim the hearth, and set the table.

E                    B      C#m
People look East and sing today,

E        A        B      E
Love the guest is on the way.

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Furrows be glad, though earth is bare,

         B       F#      B   
One more seed is planted there.

             E            C#m     E  B
Give up your strength the seed to nourish

E       F#m        C#m        B
That in course the flower may flourish.

E                    B      C#m
People look East and sing today,

E        A       B      E
Love the rose is on the way.

E                B         A      B  E
Birds, though ye long have ceased to build,

          B         F#      B   
Guard the nest that must be filled.

         E         C#m       E  B
Even the hour when wings are frozen

E      F#m      C#m      B
He for fledging-time has chosen.

E                    B      C#m
People look East and sing today,

E        A       B      E
Love the Bird is on the way.

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Stars keep the watch when night is dim,

         B         F#         B   
One more light the bowl shall brim.

          E        C#m    E B
Shining beyond the frosty weather,

E         F#m     C#m    B
Bright as sun and moon together.

E                    B      C#m
People look East and sing today,

E        A       B      E
Love the Star is on the way.

E        B         A   B   E
Angels announce to man and beast

        B      F#       B   
Him who cometh from the East,

          E        C#m    E  B
Set every peak and valley humming

E        F#m       C#m     B
With the word, the Lord is coming.

E                    B      C#m
People look East and sing today,

E        A       B      E
Love the Lord is on the way.