JOY  TO  THE  WORLD   
Time signature (tempo is 2/4; written here as 4/8 for ease of reading)                               Lyrics-Isaac Watts
Tempo:  ~100 bpm                                                              Music (in part)-Handel, Adapted by Lowell Mason

Verse 1 of 4:

  :6   ;6*  "5*  |   .:5        .4*   |   :4    :3*  |   .:3  
Joy   to   the     world!   the      Lord   is     come; / 

 .5   |   .:5*   .5* |  .:6*    .6*  |   ::6~ | ~.:
Let    earth   re - ceive her     King;       /

 .6  |  .6  .6* .5* .5  |  ;5  "4* .4  .6  |  .6  .6* .5* .5  |  ;5  "4* .4
Let    ev  -   ery       heart        pre - pare    him       room,       /

  .4   |     .4        .4   .4    "4  "4* |  .:5   
And    heav'n  and  na - ture        sing,

"4* "4   |     .3*     .3*    .3*   "3*  "4 |   .:4*        
And         heav'n and   na  - ture         sing, 

"4  "3* |     .3    :6   .5*   |    ;5   "4* .4   .4*  |  :4    :3*  |  ::3  |
And        hea'v'n,    and     heav'n,        and    na - ture   sing. /


Embedded youTube VIDEOS

Key:  C (from 22 s mark to the 72 s
         mark; then there is a change)

Tempo: ~100 bpm

Music by: Smelne Brass Quintet
Key:  D

Tempo: ~113 bpm

Posted by Scott Bellinger
 Key:  D  (From 0 to the 65 s mark; then
                it changes.)

Tempo:  ~102 bpm

Singer: Jim Nabors

​Posted by:  Denise
Key:  D  (From 0 to 90 s mark;
               after that it gets
               "jazzed" up a bit.

Tempo:  ~100 bpm

Gaither Show
Key:  G

Tempo:  ~91 bpm

Blake Russell
Key: C

Tempo:  ~91 bpm

Posted by:  Union Creative

"Joy to the World" is the theme throughout, with variations around "Peace on Earth".
Key: G (?)

Tempo:  52 bpm

Guitar:  Shaan Sahotra

Plays only one verse, slowly.

Lyrics: 


Joy to the world! the Lord is come;
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare him room,
And heaven and nature sing,
And heaven and nature sing,
And heaven, and heaven, and nature sing.

Joy to the world! the Saviour reigns;
Let men their songs employ;
While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat, repeat the sounding joy.

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,
Far as the curse is found,
Far as, far as, the curse is found.

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

Composition:
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