Ring the joy-bells
Christ has risen
He who died in human pain
From the bondage of His prison
Breaks
to gladden earth again.
Ring the joy-bells
ring the joy-bells
Jesus comes on earth to reign;
Ring the joy-bells
ring the joy-bells
Jesus comes on earth to reign.
Ring the joy-bells of the Sabbath
Blessèd day when He arose
As the conqueror
in triumph
Death and sin His vanquished foes.
Ring the joy-bells
ring the joy-bells
Till the day of life shall close;
Ring the joy-bells
ring the joy-bells
Till the day of life shall close.
Ring the joy-bells
loud and gleeful
Sound aloud their notes of peace
Fill the world with their vibrations
Till the strife of earth shall cease.
Ring the joy-bells
ring the joy-bells
Let their notes be notes of peace
Ring the joy-bells
ring the joy-bells
Let their notes be notes of peace.
Ring the joy-bells
saints in glory;
Listen to the glad refrain
Ringing forth the olden story
How the Christ is born again.
Ring the joy-bells
ring the joy-bells
Jesus in our hearts shall reign;
Ring the joy-bells
ring the joy-bells
Jesus in our hearts shall reign.