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1 Gather around the Christmas tree!
Gather around the Christmas tree!
Evergreen have its branches been,
It is king of all the woodland scene;
For Christ our King is born today!
His reign shall never pass away.
Refrain
Hosanna, Hosanna,
Hosanna in the highest!
2 Gather around the Christmas tree!
Gather around the Christmas tree!
Once the pride of the mountainside,
Now cut down to grace our Christmastide;
For Christ from heav’n to earth came down,
To gain, thro' death, a nobler crown. [Refrain]
3 Gather around the Christmas tree!
Gather around the Christmas tree!
Every bough bears a burden now,--
They are gifts of love for us, we trow;
For Christ is born, His love to show,
And give good gifts to men below. [Refrain]
4 Farewell to thee, O Christmas tree!
Farewell to thee, O Christmas tree!
Twelve months o’er, we shall meet once more,
Merry welcome singing, as of yore:
For Christ now reigns, our Saviour dear,
And gives us Christmas every year! [Refrain]
Amen.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | Gather around the Christmas tree! |
| Title: | Gather around the Christmas Tree |
| Refrain First Line: | Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna in the highest! |
| Meter: | 8 8, 8 9, 8 8. |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1937 |
| Topic: | Children's Hymns; Christmas Day |
| Source: | Unknown. |
| Notes: | Now Public Domain. Christmas. |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | EVERGREEN |
| Meter: | 8 8, 8 9, 8 8. |
| Key: | G Major |
| Source: | Composer Unknown |
| Notes: | Public Domain. |
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