Ring, ring the bells, the joy­ful bells,
This mer­ry Christ­mas morn;
Their sweet, me­lo­di­ous music tells
The day that Christ was born.
Sweetly they sound o’er vale and glen;
Hark! how their mu­sic swells
With Peace on earth, good will to men!
O mer­ry Christ­mas bells!

Refrain

Ring, ring the bells, the joy­ful bells,
The bells, the mer­ry, mer­ry Christ­mas bells,
Ring, ring the mer­ry Christ­mas bells.

Ring, ring the bells, the Christ­mas bells,
For in their joy­ous chime
Once more on earth the chor­us swells
Of an­gel song sub­lime.
The sweet old sto­ry, ev­er new,
Falls on the heart again,
Refreshing as the ear­ly dew,
Or the soft su­mmer rain.

Refrain

Ring, ring the bells, the Christ­mas bells,
Prophetic of the day
When He of whom their mu­sic tells
Shall all the na­tions sway;
Shall bless and fill and rule each heart,
Shall bid all sor­rows cease,
And give His own the bet­ter part
Of ev­er­last­ing peace.

Refrain