Christmas Is Here

Sing we all mer­ri­ly

Christ­mas is here—

Day that we love best of days in the year;

Bring forth the hol­ly

the box and the bay

Deck out the cot­tage for glad Christ­mas day.

Christmas is here

Christ­mas is here

Sing we all mer­ri­ly

Christ­mas is here;

Christmas is here

Christ­mas is here

Sing we all mer­ri­ly

Christ­mas is here.

Sing we all joy­ful­ly

sing of Christ’s birth

Sing what the an­gels sang

Peace up­on earth!

Parents and child­ren in bright gar­ments dressed

Hasten to church to sing praise with the rest.

Sing we all mer­ri­ly

bring out good cheer

Think of the ab­sent

and wish they were here;

Pray for our ar­mies by land and by sea

Our brave de­fend­ers

the no­ble and free.

Sing we all mer­ri­ly

draw round the fire

Father and mo­ther

and grand­son and sire;

Tell of the mer­cies to ev­ery one giv­en

Talk of the dear ones now man­sioned in Heav’n.

Sing we all mer­ri­ly

Christ­mas is here

Day that we love best of days in the year;

Sisters and bro­thers

and friends far away

O how we wish they were with us to­day!