1 Merry, merry Christmas, full of cheer,
To our happy spirits welcome here!
Joyfully together now we meet;
With the best of wishes all we greet;
Many are the vows of friendship true,
On this day so sacred pledged anew;
Many are the gifts of love we bring,
While for very gladness now we sing.
Refrain:
Merry, merry Christmas!
Merry, merry Christmas!
Merry, merry Christmas,
Welcome here!
Merry, merry Christmas!
Merry, merry Christmas!
Merry, merry Christmas!
Welcome here!
[Repeat]
2 Merry, merry Christmas, full of glee,
To our happy homes we welcome thee!
From the lofty steeple ring the bell!
Let the gentle tones of music swell!
Joyfully together we will sing,
And to our Redeemer tribute bring;
Bring the deepest love our hearts can give,
Unto Him who died that we might live. [Refrain]
3 Merry, merry Christmas, dawns once more;
Let us with the Magi now adore!
O the ever blessèd Christmas day,
When within the manger Jesus lay,
And the wondering shepherds on the plain,
Listened to the joyous angel strain;
Listened to the story, now so old,
Of the Savior’s birth, so long foretold! [Refrain]
Source: The Cyber Hymnal #14122
Rv Eden Reeder Latta USA 1839-1915. Born at Haw Patch, IN, the son of a Methodist minister, (also a boyhood friend of hymn writer Willam A Ogden) he became a school teacher. During the American Civil War he preached for the Manchester Methodist Church and other congregations (possibly as a circuit rider filling empty pulpits). In 1863 he married Mary Elizabeth Wright, and they had five children: Arthur, Robert, Jennie, two others. He taught for the public schools of Manchester, and later Colesburg, IA. He moved to Guttenberg, IA, in the 1890s, and continued writing song lyrics for several major gospel composers, including William Ogden, James McGranahan, James Fillmore, and Edmund Lorenz. He wrote 1600+ songs and hymns, many being wi… Go to person page >
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