Joy-Bells

Easter day has come once more

Ring

ye joy-bells

ring!

Peal the tid­ings o’er and o’er

Ring

ye joy-bells

ring!

Night and gloom have passed away

Death is end­ed

and de­cay;

Jesus Christ is ris’n to­day;

Ring

ye joy-bells

ring!

Ring

ring

ring

mer­ry joy-bells

ring!

Sing

sing

sing

hap­py voic­es

sweet­ly sing!

Christ arose o’er the last of foes;

Glad bells

ring; hap­py voices

sweet­ly sing.

Spring comes smil­ing to the land

Ring

ye joy-bells

ring!

Fair and pure the li­lies stand

Ring

ye joy-bells

ring!

Birds are sing­ing clear and sweet

Blossoms spring up ’neath our feet

Heav’n bends low the earth to greet;

Ring

ye joy-bells

ring!

Spread the seeds of hope abroad

Ring

ye joy-bells

ring!

Peal the tri­umph of the Lord

Ring

ye joy-bells

ring!

Comfort ev­ery ach­ing heart

Dry the tears of pain that start

Bid des­pair and grief de­part;

Ring

ye joy-bells

ring!