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C 5761 WERE YOU THERE ON THAT CHRISTMAS NIGHT? Natalie Sleeth Optional 3-5 oct. Handbell Accomp. — 1701

SSA

Also Available in Unison or Two Parts — CF 190 SAB — C 5032 & SATB (not compatible with the Handbell Accomp.) — CF 213

THE NATALIE SLEETH C H O R A L SE R I E S

Were You There on That Christmas Night? Words & Music by

Natalie Sleeth

1892 2012

120 YEARS OF HOPE

HOPE

Publishing Company Carol Stream IL 60188

Since 1892

www.hopepublishing.com

800-323-1049

3

For George

Were You There on That Christmas Night? For S.S.A. Voices with Keyboard or Handbell* Accompaniment

Words and Music by NATALIE SLEETH With subdued intensity ( = c. 84) F

Keyboard

6

Fsus

F

C/F

sempre legato

B /F

Csus

S.A. Unison

C

F

Dm

Were you there,

11

B 6

Christ

16

Csus C

light?

F

C

mas

F

night,

Am

Were you there

when the world

Dm

to be hold,

were you there

Am

was

filled

on that

B

with a

ho

Gm7

when the won der fore

ly

C

told came to

*This composition can be performed with our handbell publication Code No. 1701 for 3-5 octave handbells. © 1976 and this Arr. © 2012 Hope Publishing Company, Carol Stream, IL 60188. All rights reserved. The copying of this music is prohibited by law and is not covered by CCLI, LicenSing, or OneLicense.net.

4 21

S. I, II F

B /F

Csus

C

F

earth?

Did you see,

did you

A.

26

Dm

see

31

Gm

how they hailed

B

chose

C

him King,

C

to

bring?

Am

Did you see

Were You There on That Christmas Night?

F

with the gifts

Dm

how they bowed

Am

so

rare

that they

Gm

as they praised him

a

5 36

C

loud at

41

his

B /F

F

F7

his

C/B

how the

C

of

unis.

birth,

B

hear

46

F

birth.

choirs

Fmaj7

the

sight?

Were You There on That Christmas Night?

birth.

Am7

of

an

F7

Did you

Dm

gels

sang

Gm

at the

B

Did you hear

glo

ry

C/B

how the

bells

of

6 51

56

Am

Dm

heav

en

C

unis.

div. Gsus

rang

all

F

Did you know,

G

Csus

through

Dm

did you know

the

Gm

it was God’s

night?

C

own

Son,

Ah

the sal

Did you

rall.

61

F

va

know,

Am

tion

of

did you know

Were You There on That Christmas Night?

Gm7

the

world

it was God’s

C

Am

be

gun?

Did you know

own

Son,

the sal

va

it was

tion

7 66

Dm

Gm

love

that was sent from a

bove to

the

the

gun?

Did you know

of

71

C

world

Gm7

C

be

F

Am

div.

Did you know

sent from

76

a

C

bove

the

earth?

it was love

Dm

rall.

it was love

earth?

that was sent from a

F

Were you

rall.

Were You There on That Christmas Night?

B /F

that was

Gm7

bove?

F

to

Dm

there?

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