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Text:O du fröhliche
Author (st. 1):Johannes Daniel Falk
Author (st. 2-3):Heinrich Holzschuher
Tune:[O du fröhliche, o du selige]
Adapter:Johann Gottfried Herder

44. O du fröhliche

1 O du fröhliche, o du selige,
gnadenbringende Weihnachtszeit!
Welt ging verloren, Christ ist geboren:
Freue, freue dich, o Christenheit!

2 O du fröhliche, O du selige,
gnadenbringende Weihnachtszeit!
Christ ist erschienen, uns zu versühnen:
Freue, freue dich, o Christenheit!

3 O du fröhliche, O du selige,
gnadenbringende Weihnachtszeit!
Himmlische Heere jauchzen dir Ehre;
freue, freue dich, o Christenheit!

Text Information
First Line: O du fröhliche, o du selige
Title: O du fröhliche
Author (st. 1): Johannes Daniel Falk ((1816) 1819)
Author (st. 2-3): Heinrich Holzschuher (1829)
Language: German
Publication Date: 2014
Topic: Das Kirchenjahr: Weihnachten
Tune Information
Name: [O du fröhliche, o du selige]
Adapter: Johann Gottfried Herder (1807)
Key: D Major
Source: Sizilien vor 1788



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