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Christmas Bells appears on 'A Winter Sosltice III' from Windham Hill, here's a link: http://www.windham.com/albums/product.jsp?id=01934110982

 

I like this song, not sure how it came to be made, but I like it.  It starts in one direction, turns toward despair, then heads toward hope...almost as if it was one of his own songs. 

 

Listen to Christmas Bells

 

A live version I found on the web:

http://www.wksu.org/ornaments2000/index.html#lineup

 

 

Christmas Bells
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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!

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!’