202 People Look East

People, Look East

D            A         G       D    
People, look east. The time is near
          A        Esus E   A     
   of the crowning of   the year.
                D                A    
Make your house fair as you are able,
D        Em         D              
trim the hearth and set the table.
A            D        A      D    
People, look east and sing today:
A         G      D  A      D    
Love, the Guest, is on the way.

Words: Eleanor Farjeon, 1928
Music: Trad. French carol; harm. by Martin Shaw, 1928
Note: Where the parts split in the third measure, the soprano part is
printed here.
Words © David Higham Assoc. Ltd.; harm. © Oxford University Press.