The Air Is Filled with the Echoes

The air is filled with the ech­oes

Glad voic­es are sing­ing again

Saying Glo­ry to God in the high­est

And peace and good will to men!

Listen

dear child­ren

list­en

Hear bells and ex­ult­ing chimes say

The sweet­est song that ev­er was sung:

Jesus is born to­day!

The world was dark and lone­ly

Till the sound of His voice was heard;

And the hearts of the sad and the low­ly

Leapt up at His light­est word.

Over the fields in their beau­ty

The lil­ies and birds of the air

The ten­der love of the Fa­ther’s smile

He showed us ev­ery­where.

An an­gel may praise Him in Heav­en

A child may sing up­on earth

With a joy that shall ring thro’ the ag­es

The sto­ry of Christ and His birth.

Listen

dear child­ren

list­en

Hear bells and the joy­ous chimes say

The sweet­est song that ev­er was sung:

Jesus is born to­day!