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Easter Bells

Now we hail the joyous chime Of Easter joybells ringing

Author: Alice Jean Cleator
Tune: [Now we hail the joyous chime]
Published in 2 hymnals

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Representative Text

1. Now we hail the joyous chime
Of Easter joy-bells ringing;
Now we hail the gladsome time
When happy hearts are singing;
When happy hearts are singing:

Refrain
Bells oh ring, and glad hearts sing,
Tell the wondrous story,
To the world a message bring
Of the King of glory.

2. Oft as mercy Easter bells
Ring out their message golden;
Each measured chime in music tells
A story sweet and olden;
A story sweet and olden. [Refrain]

3. Bells of Easter earth can know,
Sweeter music never!
Ring in gladness to and fro,
Oh, ring on forever!
Oh, ring on forever! [Refrain]

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #1307

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Author: Alice Jean Cleator

Alice Jean Cleator, 1871-1926 Born: Cir­ca 1871, An­dre­as, Isle of Man, Eng­land. Died: Cir­ca April 27, 1926, Cleve­land, Ohio. Cleator’s family ev­i­dent­ly em­igrat­ed to Amer­i­ca in the 1870’s. She was liv­ing in Clar­idon, Ohio, in 1880, & Geau­ga Coun­ty, Ohio, in 1900, 1910, & 1920. She taught school in New York Ci­ty, re­tir­ing some time be­fore 1915. --hymntime.com/tch/ Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line: Now we hail the joyous chime Of Easter joybells ringing
Title: Easter Bells
Author: Alice Jean Cleator
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Bells, O ring, and glad hearts sing
Copyright: Public Domain
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The Cyber Hymnal #1307
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