CAROL OF THE BELLS
(Mykola Dmytrovych Leontovych / Peter Wilhousky)

Harry Simeone Chorale - 1959
The Four Seasons - 1966
Johnny Mathis - 1972
The Carpenters - 1978
Kenny Rogers - 1981
Mannheim Steamroller - 1988
Rockapella (feat. in the film "Home Alone") - 1990
The O'Jays - 1991
Placido Domingo, Sissel Kyrkjebo & Charles Aznavour - 1994
Sandi Patty - 1995
Deana Carter - 1999
Nancy Wilson - 2001
Barenaked Ladies - 2004

Also recorded by:
Robert Shaw Chorale; Andy Williams; Kurt Bestor; Lawrence Welk;
The Accidentals; Jim Bajor; David Benoit; Roger Wagner Chorale;
Vienna Boys' Choir; Robert Strickland; TheBoys Choir Of Harlem;
Marian Anderson; Rick Springfield; ..... and many, many others.



Hark! How the bells
Sweet silver bells
All seem to say
Throw cares away

Christmas is here
Bringing good cheer
To young and old
Meek and the bold

Ding dong ding dong
That is their song
With joyful ring
All caroling

One seems to hear
Words of good cheer
From everywhere
Filling the air

Oh, how they pound
Raising the sound
O'er hill and dale
Telling the tale

Gaily they ring
While people sing
Songs of good cheer
Christmas is here

Merry, merry, merry, merry Christmas
Merry, merry, merry, merry Christmas

On on they send
On without end
Their joyful tone
To every home

Ding, dong, ding, ding...... dong!



TRIVIA: "Carol of the Bells" (aka "Ukrainian Bell Carol") was adapted
from the Ukrainian folk song "Shchedryk" by Mykola Dmytrovych
Leontovych in 1916. Peter Wilhousky added the English language lyrics
in 1936.