Joy to the World se basa en un poema de Isaac Watts con música atribuida a Lowell Mason, inspirada en temas de Handel. Aunque a menudo se considera un villancico, se basa en un salmo y celebra la venida de Jesús.
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Joy to the world, the Lord is come!
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Let earth receive her King;
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Let every heart prepare Him room, And Heaven and nature sing,
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And Heaven and nature sing,
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And Heaven, and Heaven, and nature sing.
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Joy to the earth, the Savior reigns!
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Let men their songs employ;
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While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains Repeat the sounding joy,
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Repeat the sounding joy,
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Repeat, repeat, the sounding joy.
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No more let sins and sorrows grow,
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Nor thorns infest the ground
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He comes to make His blessings flow Far as the curse is found,
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Far as the curse is found,
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Far as, far as the curse is found
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He rules the world with truth and grace,
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And makes the nations prove
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The glories of His righteousness, And wonders of His love,