About Hark the Herald Angels Sing#
Charles Wesley wrote these words in 1739, and they were slower and more solemn than the carol we know. The bright tune came a century later, lifted from a Mendelssohn cantata written to honor the printing press, and fitted to Wesley’s text by William Cummings in 1855. The two halves have traveled together ever since, a match Wesley himself might not have approved.
On the ocarina the carol builds toward the “Glory to the newborn King” line, where the melody rises to a high D at the top of the second octave. The opening phrases are steadier and lower, giving you a run-up before that climb.
Hark the Herald Angels Sing Lyrics#
Hark! The herald angels sing, Glory to the newborn King! Peace on earth and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled. Joyful, all ye nations rise, Join the triumph of the skies; With th’ angelic host proclaim: Christ is born in Bethlehem. Hark! The herald angels sing, Glory to the newborn King!
Hark the Herald Angels Sing Ocarina Tab#
| CHark! | FThe | Fher | E-ald | Fan | A-gels | Asing | G |
| CGlor | C-y | Cto | Bbthe | Anew | G-born | Aking! | |
| CPeace | Fon | Fearth | Eand | Fmer | A-cy | Ami | G-ild |
| CGod | Gand | Gsin | E-ners | Ere | D-con | C-ciled | |
| CJoy | C-ful | Call | Fye | A#na | A-tions | Ari | G-ise |
| CJoin | Cthe | Ctri | F-umph | A#of | Athe | Aski | G-ies |
| DWith | Dth'an | D-gel | C-ic | A#host | Apro | A#-claim: | |
| GChrist | Ais | A#born | Cin | FBeth | F-le | G-he | A-em |
| DHark! | DThe | Dher | C-ald | Bban | A-gels | Bbsing | |
| GGlor | A-y | Bbto | Cthe | Fnew | F-born | GKing! | F |