Singin' With The Big Choir by Genie
(words and music by R. J. Pratt ©1996, 2002)

 Chorus:

          F                                   C           Am
    Tonight I'm singin' with the big choir!
  F                 G                       C      Am
    We gonna sing our fav'rite hymn!
 F                 G          C         Am
    We gonna set the night on fire
                F           G       C          Am
    In the hills over Bethlehe-e-e-e-em,*
                F             G       C
    In the hills over Bethlehem.

    G                               C
 I only been a angel for a little while, /
          G                            C
 Got plenty o' millenia** to go
      G                                             C
 Before they let me join the choir of seraphim
          F                     G                                G                                          C
 And hear ol' Gabriel blow.              // But I hear they need a multitude to sing tonight,
                               (Pa pa pa pa pa Hal-le-lu!)****
       G                                            C             F   C
 "Hosannah In The Highest" is the song. (Ho-san-na!) 
        G                                       C
 We gotta do a concert for some shepherd folk.
                F                                        G
 Must be somethin' pretty special goin' on!

     So, tonight I'm singin' with the big choir!
     We gonna sing our fav'rite hymn!
                                                (Ho-san-na-na-na!)
     We gonna set the night on fire
     In the hills over Bethlehe-e-e-e-em,*
     In the hills over Bethlehem.

                G                                   C
Now they never had a banjo in the choir before
                                                                (banjo riff)
              G                                         C
And if I mess up, they prob'ly won't again,
                                                       (banjo SNAFU) 
          G                                                C
So tonight you bet I'm gonna make the most of it,
            F                             G
Doin' back-up for the cherubim!


                                           (banjo riff)

     Yes, tonight I'm singin' with the big choir!
     We gonna sing our fav'rite hymn! (Ho-san-na!)
     We gonna set the night on fire
     In the hills over Bethlehe-e-e-e-em,*
     In the hills over Bethlehem.
 

         G                                         C
They tell me the occasion for this special gig,
        G                                       C
This intergenerational**** angel jam
        G                               C
Is a birthday party for the boss's kid,
         F                         G
The one they call "The Lamb."

                G                                                 C
There'll be no one but some shepherds in the audience
       G                                           C                               G                                                       C
To hear our awesome carolling sublime,     //     But they say in time the whole wide world may sing along,
                                                  (La la la la la Hal-le-lu!)
         F                                    G
It's a oldie but a goodie for all time.

     So, tonight I'm singin' with the big choir!
     We gonna sing our fav'rite hymn!
                                                (Ho-san-na-na-na!)
     We gonna set the night on fire
     In the hills over Bethlehe-e-e-e-em,*
     In the hills over Be-e-thlehem!

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 * The "hem" in "Behlehem" is sung over an ascending scale of 5 notes.  The "e" is, of course, short (not "Bethleheem").
 ** Sing: "...plennya millenia ta go..."
 *** The "lu" in "Hallelu" is sustanined and overlaps the first words of the next line
 **** Sing "...intergenerayshnl..."

 © 2002  R. Jeanene Pratt  [email protected]

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