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CATALOG #2847

Let the Merry Church Bells Ring! (Easter Carol)

Recording courtesy of UCSB Cylinder Audio Archive

Transcript

Let the merry church bells ring, bells in fields and sighing. Frozen cold has fled from spring, like a conquered dying. The smiling fields are gay, the hills are gay.

fields are gay, joy is the weather. We're arriving, Lord, today, all in pride together. Let the merry church bells ring, ring-ding, ring-ding, ring-ding, ring.

Let the merry church bells ring, Ring, ring, ring, ring. Ooooo. Let the bird sing out again from beneath his drapery.

Praising him with all his may, may the clock do grapple. on the joyful past and see how the trees and flowers resurrect in garden scene in the strange day of birth as the merry church bells ring ring ding ring ding ring ding ring as the merry church bells ring The very best that rings, rings, rings, rings. At the sound of Grimpy's heart, with a comfort feeling, he would play on Friday night.

Morning hearts must meet the day. The words are open here. Winter very great and safe.

Christmas resurrected. Let the merry chancel ring. Ring, ring, ring, ring, ring, ring.

🎵 Let the merry band tell! 🎵 Ring, ring, ring, ring!

Transcribed by AI from the recording above. These are noisy hundred-year-old cylinders, so expect misheard words and the occasional invented line — trust your ears over the text.

Format
Blue Amberol
Release year
1916
Duration
2:53

Audio public domain, courtesy of the UCSB Cylinder Audio Archive. Transcript CC BY 4.0. Free to reuse, including commercially, with credit.

Storage location
3