Christmas Bells
Language:
English
I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old, familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet
The words repeat
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
And thought how, as the day had come,
The belfries of all Christendom
Had rolled along
The unbroken song
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
Till, ringing, singing on its way,
The world revolved from night to day,
A voice, a chime,
A chant sublime
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
Then from each black, accursed mouth
The cannon thundered in the South,
And with the sound
The carols drowned
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
It was as if an earthquake rent
The hearth-stones of a continent,
And made forlorn
The households born
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
And in despair I bowed my head;
"There is no peace on earth," I said:
"For hate is strong,
And mocks the song
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!"
Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
"God is not dead; nor doth he sleep!
The Wrong shall fail,
The Right prevail,
With peace on earth, good-will to men!"
Authorship
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text),
listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
, "Christmas Bells" [hymn], initials J. T.
by A. Fairbarn Barnes
, "I heard the bells on Christmas Day", published 1934. [carol: SATB chorus and organ]
by W. H. Bentley
, "Christmas Bells", op. 2 (Six songs) no. 5. [voice and piano]
by Arthur Bergh (1882-1962)
, "I heard the bells on Christmas Day", published 1950. [carol: SATB]
possibly by Henry Rowley Bishop (1785-1855)
, "I heard the bells on Christmas Day", to the tune "Illsey"
by A. (Alfred or Arthur?) Herbert Brewer (1865-1928)
, "I heard the bells on Christmas Day"
by Frederic Field Bullard (1864-1904)
, "Christmas Bells"
by John Baptiste Calkin (1827-1905)
, "I heard the bells on Christmas Day"
by Ralph Dunstan (1857-1933)
, "I heard the bells on Christmas Day"
by Will Earhart (1871-1960)
, "Christmas Bells"
by Frederic R. Fontein-Tuinhout (1854-1909)
, "Three Christmas Bells", op. 11, published 1906 [alto or bass-baritone and piano], from Three Serious Songs
by John Liptrot Hatton (1809-1886)
, "The bells", published >>1869.
by Ernest George Hesser (1883-?)
, "Christmas Bells"
by Samuel Liddle (1864?-1951)
, "Christmas Bells", published 1907. [voice and piano]
by John Sebastian Matthews (1870-1934)
, "Christmas Bells", published 1916. [carol-anthem: SATB a cappella]
by Geoffrey O'Hara (1882-1967)
, "Good-will to men", published 1932. [voice and piano]
by B. Mansell Ramsey
, "I heard the bells on Christmas day" [two part chorus of equal treble voices]
by Harriet Priscilla Sawyer
, "Christmas Bells", published 1881. [voice and piano]
Set in
English,
adapted by
Edith Sanford [Tillotson]
[text unavailable]
by Charles F. Lane
, "Bells on Christmas", published 1936. [cantata: mixed voices and piano]
Date added to the website: 2008-06-07.
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