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Thread #155875   Message #3685977
Posted By: GUEST
15-Dec-14 - 02:25 PM
Thread Name: Tune Req: The Christmas Bells
Subject: ADD: The Christmas Bells
I will try to get music for this, it is by a man called Jackson of Oldham. The lyrics are:

THE CHRISTMAS BELLS
(Jackson of Oldham)

How sweet to hear, on Christmas morn
the old church bells ring on the air.
we know the day is newly born
the day of rest, the day of prayer/
but sweeter still to hear Thy voice
so full of tenderness and love
that tells us of our heavenly home
the home of happiness and love
chorus:
those Christmas bells, those Christmas bells
as on the air their music swells
of love and peace and joy they tell
we love to hear those Christmas bells.

When far away in other land
far from my home and friends so dear
in fancy I shall hear again
the pastor's voice in reverent prayer
and when the twilight swiftly falls
o'er every green and mossy dell
fond memory still will bring me home
to hear again those Christmas bells
Repeat Chorus.

A Cordwell Leicester