Beautiful Bethlehem Bells

Above all the roar of the ci­ties

And ov­er the hills and the dells

With a mes­sage of peace to the na­tions

Ring the beau­ti­ful Beth­le­hem bells

Bringing joy to the souls that are sigh­ing

In hov­els where po­ver­ty dwells—

There is life

there is life for the dy­ing

In the beau­ti­ful Beth­le­hem bells.

Beautiful Beth­le­hem bells;

Beautiful bells

beau­ti­ful bells

Beautiful Beth­le­hem bells.

Far off in a land that is love­ly

For the tend­er

sweet sto­ry it tells

In the light of a glo­ri­ous morn­ing

Rang the beau­ti­ful Beth­le­hem bells;

And still in the hearts of cre­ation

An an­them ex­ult­ing­ly swells

At that me­mo­ry sweet of the ring­ing

Of the beau­ti­ful Beth­le­hem bells.

They rang o’er the hills and the val­leys

They sum­moned the glad world that day

From the re­gions of night to the man­ger

Where the beau­ti­ful Child Je­sus lay;

And for­ev­er and ev­er and ev­er

A won­der­ful me­lo­dy dwells

In the ten­der

sweet ring­ing and sing­ing

Of the beau­ti­ful Beth­le­hem bells.