Estimated reading time 2 minutes
Table of Contents
Introduction
Do you want to know the words to Joy to the World? Would you like to learn how to sing or play it? In this post, you’ll get the essentials: 1) all the words to the song, 2) two videos (one for the song itself and one for easy piano), and 3) easy-to-read shape note sheet music with a sing along song track. Keep reading Joy to the World – A Heavenly Song of Celebration to learn more.
Joy to the World: Would You Like to Learn All the Words to Joy to the World?
Here are the words:
Verse 1:
Joy to the world! The Lord is come,
Let earth receive her King,
Let every heart prepare Him room,
And heav’n and nature sing,
And heav’n and nature sing,
And heaven, and heaven, and nature sing.
Verse 2:
Joy to the world! The Savior 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.
Verse 3:
No more let sin and sorrow 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.
Verse 4:
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.
Joy to the World: The Song Video and the Piano Video
Here are the videos for singing the song and playing easy piano.
Video: Joy to the World Song
Video: Joy to the World on the Piano
Joy to the World: Sheet Music
The melody for the carol was written by the baroque composer George Frederick Handel and the words were written by Isaac Watts.
- The version we’ll use today was published in 1883.
- However, it hasn’t changed at all over the years.
- If you know shape note notation, you can go right to the sheet music.
For a review of shape note singing:
- Shape Note Sight Singing Success
- Singing with the Kodaly Rhythmic Syllables
- Singing Dotted Half Note Rhythm Syllables
Here’s the sheet music:
Mobile users: for best results reading the music, tilt your screen 90o to the right.
The Sing Along Soundtrack:
The sing along soundtrack uses synthetic voices rather than actual voices. Research has shown that this will help with the ability to identify and produce absolute pitch information. For more information:
Joy to the World: Final Thoughts
This post gives you three ways to interact with Handel’s song:
- You can learn all the words to Joy to the World.
- Alternatively, you can use the videos to sing along with the song or play along with the easy piano.
- Or you can use the easy-to-read shape note notation to help you learn the tune.
Have fun!
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