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Text:The Merry Christmas Bells
Author:Alonzo J. Abbey
Tune:[Merrily the song of Christmas bells]
Composer:Alonzo Judson Abbey
Media:MIDI file

4210. The Merry Christmas Bells

1. Merrily the song of Christmas bells,
Chiming clear their music swells,
Telling of the precious Savior’s birth,
Glory in the highest!

Refrain
Chime on, chime on, the Lord is come!
Ring out merrily o’er hill and dell;
Chime on, chime on, your merry peal;
Ring out merrily, silver bells.

2. Jesus our Redeemer, Savior, king,
Peace on earth He came to bring;
Loud our harps and voices all should ring,
Glory in the highest! [Refrain]

3. Ever may our thankful voices ring
Praises to our mighty King,
Till we join the ransomed song above,
Glory in the highest! [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: Merrily the song of Christmas bells
Title: The Merry Christmas Bells
Author: Alonzo J. Abbey (1879)
Refrain First Line: Chime on, chime on, the Lord is come!
Language: English
Source: White Robes for the Sunday-School (Boston, Massachusetts: Oliver Ditson & Company, 1879), page 78
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: [Merrily the song of Christmas bells]
Composer: Alonzo Judson Abbey (1879)
Incipit: 54345 65132 12176
Key: C Major
Source: White Robes for the Sunday-School (Boston, Massachusetts: Oliver Ditson & Company, 1879), page 78
Copyright: Public Domain



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