Merry Christmas (Leslie)

Christmas bells are sweet­ly ring­ing

Joy to the hap­py sons of men!

Children’s voices glad­ly sing­ing

Praise to their God and Sav­ior!

Merry

mer­ry Christ­mas

Merry

mer­ry Christ­mas

Joy and plea­sure

with­out mea­sure;

Merry

mer­ry Christ­mas

Merry

mer­ry Christ­mas

Hail the hap­py day!

Shepherds heard the won­drous sto­ry

Watching up­on Ju­dea’s plains

How the Lord of life and glo­ry

Ransomed the fall­en na­tions.

Peace on earth

good will to mor­tals—

Glory to God

the an­gels sang;

Christ has op­ened Heav­en’s por­tals

Glory to God for­ev­er!