How I Wish

(That I Could Have Been There Then)

(Child Solo) Words and Music by
From the Worship Today® volume:
Noels of Christmas
JANET McMAHAN
Arranged by
DAVID HUNTSINGER
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How I wish that I could have been there when the

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shep - herds and the an - gels came to wor - ship him! What a joy - ful night it was in

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Beth - le - hem! How I wish that I could have been there then!

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How I wish that I could have heard his cry and lis- tened to his moth - er sing a

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lul - la - by, as he lay there sleep - ing ’neath a star - ry sky!

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How I wish that I could have heard his cry.

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I would give an - y - thing to have heard the an - gels sing: “Glo - ry in the high - est to the

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new - born King!” How I wish that I could have

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been there when the shep - herds and the an - gels came to wor - ship him!

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What a joy - ful night it was in Beth - le - hem! How I wish that I could have

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been there then, and yet, in my heart I’ve been time and

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time a - gain!

HOW I WISH (THAT I COULD HAVE BEEN THERE THEN)

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