I heard the bells on Christmas Day

Their old familiar carols play

And wild and sweet the words repeat

Of peace on earth, good will to men



I thought how, as the day had come

The belfries of all Christendom

Had rolled along the unbroken song

Of peace on earth, good will to men



Then pealed the bells more loud and deep

"God is not dead nor doth He sleep

The wrong shall fail, the right prevail

With peace on earth, good will to men"



I heard a voice within me say

"Do not despair this holy day

On christmas morn new hope is born

For peace on earth, good will to men"