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I grew up listening to this song on a cassette tape from a local Bible college that was made in the 80s. Its so uplifting, even today! Turns out that the arrangement I'm familiar is based on a recording by the Melody Four quartet. This one was lots of fun!
I grew up listening to this song on a cassette tape from a local Bible college that was made in the 80s. Its so uplifting, even today! Turns out that the arrangement I'm familiar is based on a recording by the Melody Four quartet. This one was lots of fun!
![While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks [A Capella Christmas Carol]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jGosxtqLZ84/mqdefault.jpg "While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks [A Capella Christmas Carol]
Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs #228. You can get this hymnal here:
https://melodypublications.com/youtube/michaellining/whileshepherdswatched
One of the most prominent carols among any critic, clergy or citizen, these lines are represented in nearly every collection of Baptist or protestant hymns. Its narrative flow is readily understood by the young and unburdensome to the mature saint. The music that awakens the lines was adapted from one of the masters - George Frederick Handel. At the request of various friends and by his own design, he composed specific tunes for various hymns; but Handels enduring hymn tunes are those adapted from his other labors.
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