The Hymnal and Order of Service ‎#636

636. 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, thro' 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 Saviour dear,
And gives us Christmas every year! [Refrain]

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Gather around the Christmas tree!
• Title: Gather around the Christmas Tree
• Author: John H. Hopkins
• Refrain First Line: Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna in the highest!
• Publication Date: 1937

Tune Information

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