On a Still and Starry Night (SATB) Words and music by Sally DeFord

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Violin obbligato by April Moriarty

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Solo:

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laugh - ter ev' - ry - where. Of all the pleas - ures Christ - mas may

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bring, Here are the trea - sures that make my heart

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= H H H H H H H

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Soprano a tempo

: H H
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F Alto

H H
(sing.)

There is

= H H
Tenor

Bass

HH H HH H H H HG H H H r
: H H HH H G H H HG H G H H H H HH
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hope in ev - 'ry dawn - ing, There is pur - pose in our days, There is

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HH HH H
: H
H
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= H H H H H H
a tempo

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r r
HH HH HH H H HH
: HH H G H HH HH HH HH HH HG H H H
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r
HH HH HH HH HG H HH H H HH H H HG H H H H
pro - mise in our long - ing and re - joic - ing in our praise. There is

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H H H r , a tempo
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(Soprano: there is Light,)

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: GG H H GH H HH H H H
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com - fort for our yearn - ing, In our dark - ness there is Light, Be - cause the

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H H H HH
a tempo

= H H H H G G H H H
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a tempo 38

: H H H HH H FF
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Fa - ther sent His Son to us on a still and star - ry night.

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a tempo

= H
H HH H H H
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r

H H H H H H
Soprano/Alto Unison

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a tempo

: H HH
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There is peace a - mid dis - qui - et for the

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a tempo

= H H H H
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seek - ing heart to find, In con - fu - sion there is gui - dance to re - lieve the trou - bled

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= H H H H H H H H H H HH H H H
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: G G G GG HH HH HH HG H HG H G H H HH H H H
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mind. Oo { a tempo
(Alto: faith - ful by our side,)
True and faith - ful by our side Be - cause the

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There's a sure, un - err - ing Pi - lot,

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H H H HH HH
H H
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= H H H H
H H
H HH H G G
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a tempo r
r
HH H HH HH H
: H H H H H H H{ H H F
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HH HH H H H
Fa - ther sent His Son to us on a still and star - ry night.

HH HH H
= { H H H
H

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GGG H H HG H H GH H H GHG H H HH HH
: HH H H H H
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= H H H H H H H
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H

r r
:
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H H
Soprano

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There's a dis - tant an - gel cho - rus for the will - ing heart to

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Alto

Oo Oo

FG H H HF G GG
H HH
=
Tenor/Bass

H r GG HHH HH HH HH
HH GG GG

H G
: H H HH H H HH H H HH

HH G r
H H HH : GG
colla voce

= H G HH HHH HF G GG HH HH
G

r r
H H H H H H
a tempo

: G H H H G H H H H H H G
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hear, There are ti - dings sweet and joy - ous to dis - pel our doubt and fear. There's a

: F G H H H H G H H G G H H

Oo Oo There's a

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H H
FG G GG HH H H HHH HHH

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: G H H H HH HH HH
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H H H H a tempo
F HH H
:
F GG F G
GG GG
= H
On a Still and Starry Night (SATB)-5
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(Soprano: ev - er kind, )

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Soprano/Alto

: H HH HH GH H HH H HH HH
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Sav - ior ev - er nigh us, Ev - er pa - tient, ev - er (Alto: ev - er kind,) Be - cause the

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(Tenor: ev - er kind,

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(Bass: pa - tient, ev - er kind,)

H H H H H H HH
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: HH H H H H H H H HG H
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H H H GG
colla voce

= H HH H H G H
H H
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r HHH
: HH HH HH HH HH HH H H G H G G
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Fa - ther sent His Son to us, on a still and star - ry

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G H H H

a tempo

: F
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F
night. (hold as desired)

=
H
HH H H HH H H H H HH rH HH HHH
F
FFF

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: H H HHH H HH H
a tempo
HHH
H H
H HHG G H HHG
= H H
H H H H F
F
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