Hi, Folks -

No one seems to know which "St. Peter's" this might be. :) But here's the St. Peter's Choir with the American setting of "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear".

Thanks to YouTuber 1finch2finch, who also provided the lyrics which are below the clip and wrote: "This setting of the carol takes its text from a poem by Edmund Spears and its melody from a tune by Richard Storrs Willis."

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http://youtu.be/Ljrf6G1kmto

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It came upon the midnight clear,
That glorious song of old,
From angels bending near the earth,

To touch their harps of gold:
"Peace on the earth, goodwill to men,
From heaven's all-gracious King."
The world in solemn stillness lay,
To hear the angels sing.

Still through the cloven skies they come,
With peaceful wings unfurled,
And still their heavenly music floats
O'er all the weary world;
Above its sad and lowly plains,
They bend on hovering wing,
And ever o'er its Babel sounds
The blessèd angels sing.

All ye, beneath life's crushing load,
Whose forms are bending low,
Who toil along the climbing way
With painful steps and slow,
Look now! for glad and golden hours
come swiftly on the wing.
O rest beside the weary road,
And hear the angels sing!

For lo!, the days are hastening on,
By prophet bards foretold,
When with the ever-circling years
Comes round the age of gold
When peace shall over all the earth
Its ancient splendors fling,
And the whole world give back the song
Which now the angels sing.

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--hobie