Here are the correct, complete words - as per Mike's songbook (Seasons):


STRIKE SOUND
(MJ O’Connor, © 21 November 1998)

When November’s dreary days are done,
The year’s short race will soon be run,
We will gather under starlit skies
AS to the heavens our voices rise:

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Strike sound! Strike sound!
Let heaven and earth resound,
And we’ll crown with cheer
The fleeting year,
So let us all strike sound.

It echoes clear across the town,
The harbour, and the fields around.
The joy of our December song
Will touch the heart of old and young:
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And as we join in harmony,
Let each and every one agree
To lay old grievances aside.
In friendship’s name let each reply:
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From window and from open door
They listen still and ask for more.
Those words held true in olden days
Still true today and so we raise:
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If all the world would pause to hear
These songs sung in the changing year,
Sing out the old, sing in the new,
Let all men fellowship renew.
CHORUS