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Christmas Carols · No. 10 · Words: Ernst Anschütz (1824)
O Christmas Tree
Create PowerPoint slides from this hymn →A beloved German Christmas carol (O Tannenbaum) by Ernst Anschütz, 1824, celebrating the evergreen fir tree as a symbol of steadfast joy through all seasons. It became one of the most widely sung Christmas songs in the English-speaking world.
Verse 1
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree,
Your branches green delight us.
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree,
Your branches green delight us.
They're green when summer days are bright;
They're green when winter snow is white.
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree,
Your branches green delight us!
Verse 2
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree,
You give us so much pleasure!
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree,
You give us so much pleasure!
How oft at Christmas tide the sight,
O green fir tree, gives us delight!
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree,
You give us so much pleasure!
Verse 3
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree,
Forever true your colour.
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree,
Forever true your colour.
Your boughs so green in summertime
Stay bravely green in wintertime.
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree,
Forever true your colour.
Verse 4
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree,
You fill my heart with music.
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree,
You fill my heart with music.
Reminding me on Christmas Day
To think of you and then be gay.
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree,
You fill my heart with music.
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