http://www.merry-christmas.com/music<br /><br />Words and music by<br />Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in the 1860’s<br /><br />I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day<br />Their old familiar carols play,<br />And wild and sweet the words repeat<br />Of peace on earth, good will to men.<br /><br />I thought how, as the day had come,<br />The belfries of all Christendom<br />Had rolled along the unbroken song<br />Of peace on earth, good will to men.<br /><br />And in despair I bowed my head:<br />"There is no peace on earth," I said,<br />"For hate is strong and mocks the song<br />Of peace on earth, good will to men."<br /><br />Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:<br />"God is not dead, nor doth he sleep;<br />The wrong shall fail, the right prevail,<br />With peace on earth, good will to men."<br /><br />Till, ringing singing, on its way,<br />The world revolved from night to day,<br />A voice, a chime, a chant sublime,<br />Of peace on earth, good will to men!
