Merry, merry Christmas, Merry, merry Christmas

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Merry, merry Christmas, Merry, merry Christmas

Author: P. P. Bliss
Tune: [Merry, merry Christmas!]
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 Merry, merry Christmas!
Merry, merry Christmas!
Merry, merry Christmas!
One and all;
Hear again the wondrous story,
How the Lord, the King of Glory,
Left his shining home on high,
Came to suffer and to die,
Came to save a world from woe,
All because he loved us so.
Come, then, let us raise,
One glad song of praise,
Praise to him by whom the day we call;
Wishing verily,
Bidding merrily,
In his name a "merry Christmas," all!
Merry, merry Christmas!
Merry, merry Christmas!
Merry, merry, merry, merry Christmas, all!
Merry, merry Christmas!
Merry, merry Christmas!
Merry, merry, merry, merry Christmas, all!

2 Merry, merry Christmas!
Merry, merry Christmas!
Merry, merry Christmas!
One and all;
Christ the Savior, high and holy,
Heeds the lofty and the lowly;
He, the Life, the Truth, the Way,
Will rejoice with us to-day.
Will his choicest gifts bestow,
All because he loved us so.
Come, then, let us raise,
One glad song of praise,
Praise to him by whom the day we call;
Wishing verily,
Bidding merrily,
In his name a "merry Christmas," all!
Merry, merry Christmas!
Merry, merry Christmas!
Merry, merry, merry, merry Christmas, all!
Merry, merry Christmas!
Merry, merry Christmas!
Merry, merry, merry, merry Christmas, all!

Source: Minnetonka Songs: for Sabbath Schools, compiled especially for the Minnetonka Sabbath-School Assembly #110

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Author: P. P. Bliss

Philip P. Bliss (b. Clearfield County, PA, 1838; d. Ashtabula, OH, 1876) left home as a young boy to make a living by working on farms and in lumber camps, all while trying to continue his schooling. He was converted at a revival meeting at age twelve. Bliss became an itinerant music teacher, making house calls on horseback during the winter, and during the summer attending the Normal Academy of Music in Genesco, New York. His first song was published in 1864, and in 1868 Dwight L. Moody advised him to become a singing evangelist. For the last two years of his life Bliss traveled with Major D. W. Whittle and led the music at revival meetings in the Midwest and Southern United States. Bliss and Ira D. Sankey published a popular series of hym… Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line:	Merry, merry Christmas, Merry, merry Christmas
Author:	P. P. Bliss
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Come, then, let us raise
Copyright:	Public Domain