BALLAD
GOOD Christmas bells, I pray youRing him back to me;For I am in the village,And he is on the sea.And out beyond the harborThe surf is playing white;Good Christmas bells, I pray youRing him home to-night!The reef beyond the harborIs girt with hungry foam;Good Christmas bells, I pray youRing my sailor home!The lighthouse in the harborBurns clear, and keen, and still;But a sound is in the village,A voice is on the hill:The voice of distant surges,And he is on the sea—Good Christmas bells, I pray youRing him back to me!
GOOD Christmas bells, I pray youRing him back to me;For I am in the village,And he is on the sea.And out beyond the harborThe surf is playing white;Good Christmas bells, I pray youRing him home to-night!The reef beyond the harborIs girt with hungry foam;Good Christmas bells, I pray youRing my sailor home!The lighthouse in the harborBurns clear, and keen, and still;But a sound is in the village,A voice is on the hill:The voice of distant surges,And he is on the sea—Good Christmas bells, I pray youRing him back to me!
GOOD Christmas bells, I pray youRing him back to me;For I am in the village,And he is on the sea.
GOOD Christmas bells, I pray you
Ring him back to me;
For I am in the village,
And he is on the sea.
And out beyond the harborThe surf is playing white;Good Christmas bells, I pray youRing him home to-night!
And out beyond the harbor
The surf is playing white;
Good Christmas bells, I pray you
Ring him home to-night!
The reef beyond the harborIs girt with hungry foam;Good Christmas bells, I pray youRing my sailor home!
The reef beyond the harbor
Is girt with hungry foam;
Good Christmas bells, I pray you
Ring my sailor home!
The lighthouse in the harborBurns clear, and keen, and still;But a sound is in the village,A voice is on the hill:
The lighthouse in the harbor
Burns clear, and keen, and still;
But a sound is in the village,
A voice is on the hill:
The voice of distant surges,And he is on the sea—Good Christmas bells, I pray youRing him back to me!
The voice of distant surges,
And he is on the sea—
Good Christmas bells, I pray you
Ring him back to me!