Text: | I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day |
Author: | Henry W. Longfellow |
Tune: | WALTHAM (Doane) |
Composer: | J. Baptiste Calkin |
1 I heard the bells on Christmas day
Their old familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet the words repeat
Of peace of earth, good will to men.
2 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.
3 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."
4 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."
5 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!
Text Information | |
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First Line: | I heard the bells on Christmas day |
Title: | I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day |
Author: | Henry W. Longfellow |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1976 |
Topic: | Peace: among Men; Christmas |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | WALTHAM (Doane) |
Composer: | J. Baptiste Calkin |
Key: | E♭ Major |