Version 1 entered on 2004-12-17 by rt Version 2 updated on 2010-09-27 by rjr
composer/group: | Traditional | title: | I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day | category: | Popular | lyrics or other text: | (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
I heard the bells on Christmas day
Their old familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet the words repeat
Of peace on earth, good will to men.
I thought how, as the day had come,
The belfries of all Christendom
Had rolled along th' unbroken song
Of peace on earth, good will to men.
And in despair I bowed my head
"There is no peace on earth," I said,
"For hate is strong and mocks the song
Of peace on earth, good will to men."
Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
"God is not dead, nor doth He sleep;
The wrong shall fail, the right prevail
With peace on earth, good will to men."
Till ringing, singing on its way
The world revolved from night to day,
A voice, a chime, a chant sublime
Of peace on earth, good will to men.
Source:Digital Tradition Mirror
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| Version 3 updated on 2012-12-25 by smurray
composer/group: | Calkin, John Baptiste | category: | Hymns & Carols | Parsons Code: | UDURUDUUUUDDRDRRRDDUDDDUUUUUDU |
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