Ring Out, O Bells

Sung by the Copper Family on the Coppers at Christmas CD.

Ring out, O bells, your peels today,
O, ring and do not cease,
For in a manger far away
Is born the Prince of Peace.

Chorus:
Ring on, ye bells, O sweetly ring,
While we with happy voices sing,
Ring on, ring on,
Ring on, ye bells, O sweetly ring,
Sweetly ring.

The shepherds far on Bethlehem’s plains
Who watch their flocks by night,
See in the heavens the shining star
With wond’rous glory bright.

Chorus

This was the star that hailed the birth
Of Jesus Christ our Lord,
The son and type of righteousness
Whom Angels fair adored.

Chorus

Now let us join with one accord
And joyful be our praise,
Ring out, O bells and sweetly chime
Your merry Christmas lays.

Chorus