Christmas Comes Again

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Christmas comes again, and the merry, merry church bells ring

Author: John H. Hopkins
Tune: [Christmas comes again, And the merry merry church bells ring]
Published in 5 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

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1 Christmas comes again,
And the merry, merry church bells ring,
Christmas comes again,
Loud the happy little children sing.
Now "Glory be to God on high,"
Resounds once more thro’ earth and sky;

Chorus:
For Christmas comes again,
And the merry, merry church bells ring,
Christmas comes again,
Loud the happy little children sing.

2 Christmas comes again!
See the shepherds on their winding way,
Christmas comes again,
At their feet the little lambkins play.
Three Wise Men from the East are there,
And bring their gifts both rich and rare; [Chorus]

3 Christmas comes again!
Was there ever such a glorious morn?
Christmas comes again!
Tell to everybody "Christ is born!"
All round the world let echoes fly
And never let that chorus die: [Chorus]

4 Christmas comes again!
Let the Tree with lighted tapers shine!
Christmas comes again!
All its pretty things are yours and mine!
Unload the gifts from every bough,
And give us all our presents now! [Chorus]

Source: Christmas Carols and Hymns: for school and choir #76

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Author: John H. Hopkins

John Henry Hopkins, Jr MA USA 1820-1891. Born in Pittsburgh, PA, having 12 siblings, the son of pioneer parents (his father from Dublin, his mother from Hamburg) he became an ecclesiologist. His father had been an ironmaster, school teacher, lawyer, priest and second Episcopal Bishop of Vermont, (becoming presiding bishop in 1865). When his father founded the Vermont Episcopal Institute, he needed an assistant to help run it, so he picked his son to become a tutor and disciplinarian. The younger Hopkins played the flute and bugle in the school orchestra and also taught Sunday school. John Henry reflected the artistic talents of both parents in music, poetry, and art. After graduating from the University of Vermont in 1839, he returned… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Christmas comes again, and the merry, merry church bells ring
Title:	Christmas Comes Again
Author:	John H. Hopkins
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Christmas comes again
Copyright:	Public Domain