Campkin, Alexander: Ring Out, O Bells!


Ring out, O bells (2019)

Ring out, O bells, your peals today,
O ring, and do not cease;
For in a manger, far away,
Is born the prince of Peace.
Ring on, ye bells, O sweetly ring,
While we with happy voices sing!

Guarding their flocks on Bethlehem’s plain
The shepherds by night,
See in the heaven a shining star,
With wondrous glory bright.
Ring on, ye bells, O sweetly ring,
While we with happy voices sing!

Now let us join, with one accord,
And joyful be our days;
Ring out, O bells, and sweetly chime
Your merry Christmas praise!
Ring on, ye bells, O sweetly ring,
While we with happy voices sing!

Words: Charles Lewis Hutchins (1838–1920)
Music: Alexander Campkin ((b. 1984))