Ring the bells, the Christ­mas bells,
Chime out the won­drous sto­ry;
First in song, on an­gel tongues,
It came from realms of glo­ry;
Peace on earth, good will to men,
Angelic voic­es ring­ing;
Christ the Lord to earth has come,
His glo­ri­ous mes­sage bring­ing.

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Ring the bells,
The mer­ry Christ­mas bells;
Chime out the won­drous sto­ry;
Glory be to God on high,
Forevermore be glo­ry.

Wise men hast­ened from the east,
To bring their rich­est trea­sure:
Gold and myrrh, and frank­in­cense,
And jew­els with­out mea­sure;
Him they sought, al­though a king,
They found in birth­place low­ly;
There, within a man­ger lay
The babe so pure and ho­ly.

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Earthly crowns were not for Him,
He came God’s love re­veal­ing;
On the cross He died for us,
His blood for­give­ness seal­ing;
’Tis the Sav­ior pro­mised long,
Ring out your loud­est prais­es;
Every heart this hap­py day,
Its grate­ful an­them rais­es.

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