Christmas Bells YuleFest

[TPB]

the lyrics are from a poem written by Longfellow in 1867 Threw in the Kitchen sink and made music to it
Tim
The following are the original words of Longfellow's poem:[6]


I heard the bells on Christmas Day
 Their old, familiar carols play,
and wild and sweet
The words repeat
 Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

 And thought how, as the day had come,
 The belfries of all Christendom
Had rolled along
The unbroken song
 Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

 Till ringing, singing on its way,
 The world revolved from night to day,
A voice, a chime,
A chant sublime
 Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

 Then from each black, accursed mouth
 The cannon thundered in the South,
And with the sound
The carols drowned
 Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

 It was as if an earthquake rent
 The hearth-stones of a continent,
And made forlorn
The households born
 Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

 And in despair I bowed my head;
 "There is no peace on earth," I said;
"For hate is strong,
And mocks the song
 Of peace on earth, good-will to men!"

 Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
 "God is not dead, nor doth He sleep;
The Wrong shall fail,
The Right prevail,
 With peace on earth, good-will to men."

[TPB]

Sorry put the wrong version on the lyrics I sang the original lyrics as per Wikipedia I will fix tonight when I get home
Tim

[Groundy]

Great sound, really well done Tim... Alex

[Farrell Jackson]

A great song for The Yule Fest Tom with cool vocals and guitar work....well done buddy!

Farrell

[TPB]

Ok added the original lyrics to the post
Tim

[Jean Pierre]

Bravo Tim, it's superb,...it's you who set this poem by Longfelow to music?

...Longfelow, who I didn't know! So I read his biography on wiki what a life !

and I learned that

quote]Longfellow spent several years translating Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. [/quote]

your music is very beautiful with its guitar parts really well mixed

[StephenM]

wonderful song and a great idea....and you have your own signature sound that comes through in your recording and editing.... the thoughts in the poem are provoking and one that men and women everywhere wrestle with... I stand with Mr. Longfellow....good will prevail...though night does have it's day.....