Lyrics
(Alfred S. Getty, 1847-1918)
1. Voices of the belfry height, pealing forth your merry chimes.
Sound upon the winter night, melodies of Christmastime.
As of old, the yule log bring, bind the holly round the hall.
At the gate the minstrels sing messages of peace to all.
Refrain
Voices of the belfry height, pealing forth your merry chimes,
Sound upon the winter night melodies of Christmas times,
Melodies of Christmas times.
2. Voices of the Christmas day, may your echoes never cease,
As the seasons pass away, heralding a world’s increase.
Through the mysteries of years, stands alone the truth divine,
Through the clouds of darkest fears, Starlight, will it never shine. Refrain
See also
- Subjects: Christmas / chimes
- Form: AB
- Harmony:Â I, II, V
- Melody: tonic triad
- Meter: 4
- Scale: major
- Source: Songs the Children Love to Sing: A Collection of More Than Three Hundred Songs for Mothers and for Children of All Ages, Albert Ernest Wier, 1916
- PDF of the song with chords
- MIDI file of the melody
- MP3 file of the melody
Written by Alfred Gatty, Vicar of Ecclesfield near Sheffield in England.