Ding-dong, ding: Ding-a-dong-a-ding:
Ding-dong, ding-dong: Ding-a-dong-ding.
Up! good Christen folk, and listen
How the merry church bells ring,
And from steeple bid good people
Come adore the new-born King:
Tell the story how from glory
God came down at Christmastide,
Bringing gladness, Chasing sadness,
Show'ring blessings far and wide.
Born of mother, blest o'er other,
Ex Maria Virgine,
In a stable ('Tis no fable),
Christus natus hodie.
Ding-dong, ding: Ding-a-dong-a-ding:
Ding-dong, ding-dong: Ding-a-dong-ding.
~ G.W. Woodward
