The cast of The Simpsons sings the song at the end of "'Tis the Fifteenth Season".
Vince Guaraldi Trio - Hark, The Herald Angels Sing
"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" is a Christmas song written by Charles Wesley, brother of the Methodist movement founder John Wesley, and Felix Mendelssohn. It first appeared in Hymns and Sacred Poems in 1739, under the topic of "Hymn for Christmas Day". The original opening couplet was "Hark! how all the welkin rings/Glory to the King of Kings". The version known today is the result of alterations by various hands, most notably George Whitefield, Wesley's coworker, who changed the opening couplet to the familiar one we know today.
Lyrics[]
- Hark! The herald angels sing
- "Glory to the newborn King!
- Peace on Earth and mercy mild
- God and sinners reconciled"
- Joyful, all ye nations rise
- Join the triumph of the skies
- With the angelic host proclaim:
- "Christ is born in Bethlehem"
- Hark! The herald angels sing
- "Glory to the newborn King!"
- Christ by highest Heav'n adored
- Christ the everlasting Lord!
- Late in time behold Him come
- Offspring of a Virgin's womb
- Veiled in flesh the Godhead see
- Hail the incarnate Deity
- Pleased as man with man to dwell
- Jesus, our Emmanuel
- Hark! The herald angels sing
- "Glory to the newborn King!"
- Hail the Heav'n born Prince of Peace!
- Hail the Son of Righteousness!
- Light and life to all He brings
- Ris'n with healing in His wings
- Mild He lays His glory by
- Born that man no more may die
- Born to raise the sons of Earth
- Born to give them second birth
- Hark! The herald angels sing
- "Glory to the newborn King!"
Appearances in Christmas specials[]
- Peace on Earth (1939)
- It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
- Scrooge (1951)
- Gift Wrapped (1952)
- Good Will To Men (1955)
- Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol (1962)
- A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) - At the ending scene, the Peanuts gang starts to vocalize this song, stopping when Charlie Brown arrives. They then sing the lyrics over the closing credits.
- South Park: "Merry Christmas, Charlie Manson!" (1998)
- Eloise at Christmastime (2003)
- The Simpsons: "'Tis the Fifteenth Season" (2003) - Sung by the people of Springfield at the very end of the episode.
- A Christmas Carol (2009) - The ending of the song is heard with the carolers joining in for the last two lines at the film's ending scene.
- The Conjuring 2 (2016) - Valak blasphemes this song to signal her arrival.
- A Pentatonix Christmas Special (2016)
Album releases[]
- A Charlie Brown Christmas
- Disney's Christmas Collection
- Nick at Nite: A Classic Cartoon Christmas
- Rainbow Brite Christmas
- That's Christmas to Me
- 25 Favorite Christmas Songs!
- That's Christmas to Me