NOEL: CHRISTMAS EVE, 1913 Music & Lyrics by Bridges and Holdridge Sung by John Denver on A Christmas Together (1979) G A frosty Christmas eve, when the stars where shining Em C D I traveled forth alone, where westward falls the hill C D C D And for many, many a village, in the darkness of the valley G C G Distant music reached me, peals of bells were ringing. G Then spread my thoughts to olden times, to that first of Christmases Em C D When shepherds who were watching, heard music in the fields C D C D And they sat there and they marveled, and they knew they could not tell G C G Whether it were angels, or the bright stars a-singing G But to me heard a far, it was starry music Em C D The singing of the angels, the comfort of our lord C D C D Words of old that come a traveling, by the riches of the times G C G And I softly listened, as i stood upon the hill C G And I softly listened, as i stood upon the hill
