The Cyber Hymnal ‎#8361

8361. Ring Out, O Bells, Your Peals Today

1 Ring out, O bells, your peals today,
O ring, and do not cease;
For in a manger, far away,
Is born the Prince of Peace.

Refrain:
Ring on, ye bells, O sweetly ring,
While we with happy voices sing!
Ring on, ring on, ring on, ye bells,
O sweetly ring, sweetly ring!

2 The shepherds, far on Bethl’hem’s plain,
Who guard their flocks by night,
See in the heav’n a shining star,
With wondrous glory bright. [Refrain]

3 This was the star that hailed the birth
Of Jesus Christ the Lord;
The Son and type of righteousness,
Whom angels fair adored. [Refrain]

4 Now let us join, with one accord,
And joyful be our praise;
Ring out, O bells, and sweetly chime
Your merry Christmas lays! [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Ring out, O bells, your peals today
• Title: Ring Out, O Bells, Your Peals Today
• Author: Anonymous
• Refrain First Line: Ring on, ye bells, O sweetly ring
• Meter: 86.86.88.88
• Language: English
• Source: Carols Old and Carols New by Charles L. Hutchins (Boston: Parish Choir, 1916)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: RIO HONDO
• Composer: Anonymous (1916)
• Meter: 86.86.88.88
• Key: G Major or modal
• Copyright: Public Domain