Choral Akari Archive

Joy to the World

Hymn Information

Folder: Main III, no. 51
Tune used, name: 'Richmond' or 'Chesterfield'
Composer: Haweis, Thomas (1734–1820); composed in 1792
Lyricist: Watts, Isaac (1674–1748); written in 1719
Source used for representative text: from hymnary.org, Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship #29

Resources and Audios

Sheet music, project file and MIDI:

Audio files (separate parts for Lead, Accompaniment I, Accompaniment II and Bass):

Audio file (all parts combined):

Representative Text

1
Joy to the world; the Lord is come;
Let Earth receive her King;
Let ev'ry heart prepare him room,
And heav'n and nature sing.

2
Joy to the Earth, the Savior reigns;
Our mortal songs employ,
While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains,
Repeat the sounding joy.

3
No more let sins and sorrows grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make his blessings flow
Far as the curse is found.

4
He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of his righteousness,
And wonders of his love.