O Christmas Tree O Christmas Tree
It may have been the first Christmas song I learned at school. I loved the tune though puzzling a little at the line 'I love your shining branches' wondering how a tree's branches could shine, imagining a dark tree deep in a German pine forest, not the one glittering with decorations in my house
But today looking up the lyrics I think my childhood self may have conflated the words a little
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas tree,
How lovely are your branches!
In beauty green will always grow
Through summer sun and winter snow.
O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree,
How lovely are your branches!
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas tree,
You are the tree most loved!
How often you give us delight
In brightly shining Christmas light!
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas tree,
You are the tree most loved!
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas tree,
Your beauty green will teach me
That hope and love will ever be
The way to joy and peace for me.
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas tree,
Your beauty green will teach me.
xx
c
1 comment:
Love little tree! I've actually heard the words both ways.
We have a house in the mountains of New Mexico. In the early morning the dew reflects off the branches in the sunlight and it makes the branches shine. So, that's the picture that comes to my mind for the song!
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