CHRISTMAS BRINGS JOY TO EVERY HEART
by Bernhardt Severin Ingemann (1789-1862);
translated from Danish to English by Cecil Cowdrey.
Music by Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse (1774-1842)
Christmas brings joy to every heart,
Sets old and young rejoicing,
What angels sang once to all on earth,
Oh, hear the children voicing.
Bright is the tree with lights aglow,
Like birds that perch together,
The child that holdeth Christmas dear
Shall keep these joys forever.
Joy comes to all the world today,
To halls and cottage hasting,
Come, sparrow and dove, from the tall tree,
And share our Christmas feasting.
Dance, little child, on mother's knee,
The lovely day is dawning,
The road to paradise is found
The blessed Christmas morning.
Once to this earth our Savior came,
An infant poor and lowly,
To open for us those gardens fair
Where dwell His angels holy.
Christmas joy He brought to us,
The Christ child King of heaven,
"To every little child," He said,
"Shall angel wings be given."
