The Cyber Hymnal ‎#5802

5802. Ring Out the Old, Ring in the New

1. Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow;
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.

2. Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky,
The flying cloud, the frosty light:
The year is dying in the night;
Ring out, wild bells, and let him die.

3. Ring out the grief that saps the mind,
For those that here we see no more;
Ring out the feud of rich and poor,
Ring in redress to all mankind.

4. Ring out false pride in place and blood,
The civic slander and the spite;
Ring in the love of truth and right,
Ring in the common love of good.

5. Ring out a slowly dying cause,
And ancient forms of party strife,
Ring in the nobler modes of life,
With sweet manners, purer laws.

6. Ring out old shapes of foul disease;
Ring out the narrowing lust of gold;
Ring out the thousand wars of old,
Ring in the thousand years of peace.

7. Ring in the valiant man and free,
The larger heart, the kindlier hand;
Ring out the darkness of the land,
Ring in the Christ that is to be.

Text Information

• First Line: Ring out the old, ring in the new
• Title: Ring Out the Old, Ring in the New
• Author: Alfred Tennyson (1850)
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tune: WILD BELLS, Henry Lahee

Tune Information

• Name: WALTHAM (Calkin)
• Composer: John Baptiste Calkin (1872)
• Meter: LM
• Incipit: 13233 43445 17665
• Key: E♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain