The Cyber Hymnal ‎#1705

1705. Gather Around the Christmas Tree

1. Gather around the Christmas tree!
Gather around the Christmas tree!
Evergreen have its branches been,
It is king of all the woodland scene;
For Christ our King is born today!
His reign shall never pass away.

Refrain
Hosanna, hosanna,
Hosanna in the highest!

2. Gather around the Christmas tree!
Gather around the Christmas tree!
Once the pride of the mountainside,
Now cut down to grace our Christmastide;
For Christ from Heav’n to earth came down,
To gain, through death, a nobler crown. [Refrain]

3. Gather around the Christmas tree!
Gather around the Christmas tree!
Every bough bears a burden now—
They are gifts of love for us, we trow;
For Christ is born, His love to show,
And give good gifts to men below. [Refrain]

4. Farewell to thee, O Christmas tree!
Farewell to thee, O Christmas tree!
Twelve months o’er, we shall meet once more,
Merry welcome singing, as of yore,
For Christ now reigns, our Savior dear,
And gives us Christmas every year! [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Gather around the Christmas tree
• Title: Gather Around the Christmas Tree
• Author: John Henry Hopkins, Jr. (1863)
• Refrain First Line: Hosanna, hosanna
• Language: English
• Source: Carols, Hymns and Songs (New York: Church Book Depository, 1863), pages 18-19
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [Gather around the Christmas tree]
• Composer: John Henry Hopkins, Jr. (1863)
• Incipit: 53213 51532 13251
• Key: G Major
• Source: Carols, Hymns and Songs (New York: Church Book Depository, 1863), pages 18-19
• Copyright: Public Domain