Christmas Bells (Cross)

I heard the church bells ring­ing

I heard the child­ren sing­ing

With hap­py hearts and voic­es sweet

On Christ­mas morn that song so meet.

Ring

ring

mer­ry bells

Ring

ring

ring

ring

ring;

This is the song the church bells ring

This is the song the an­gels sing

Peace on earth

good­will to­ward men.

I heard the mo­ther say­ing

I heard the old man pray­ing

With agèd lips and fee­ble frame

And low­ly knee—the words the same.

The storm is gent­ly dy­ing

The snow is soft­ly ly­ing

On shroud­ed hill and si­lent stream:

All na­ture sleeps—and this her dream.

The cares of day grow light­er

The hour of death grows bright­er;

For Je­sus Christ was born to­day

Let young and old unite and say