I love the hap­py, hap­py Christ­mas time,
The time that is so dear;
To hear the ring­ing of the mer­ry chime
That comes from far and near.

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Listen to the bells, list­en to the bells;
Listen to the mer­ry, mer­ry Christ­mas bells;
Listen to the bells, listen to the bells;
Listen to the mer­ry, mer­ry Christ­mas bells.

I love to sing of how the Sav­ior came
To dwell up­on the earth;
How an­gels out up­on Ju­dea’s plain
Proclaimed His won­drous birth.

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All glo­ry! glo­ry! be to God on high!
Was their ce­les­ti­al song;
Good will to men, and on the earth be peace,
The joy­ful notes pro­long.

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Then let us on this hap­py Christ­mas day
Sing prais­es to our king;
Let ev­ery heart and ev­ery tongue re­joice;
Let bells tri­um­phant ring.

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