Gather around the Christmas Tree!
Gather around the Christmas Tree!
Ever green have its branches been.
It is king of all the woodland scene
For Christ the King is born today!
His reign shall never pass away
Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna in the highest!
Gather around the Christmas Tree!
Gather around the Christmas Tree!
Once the pride of the mountain side.
Now cut down to grace our Christmas tide
For Christ from heav'n to earth came down,
To gain, through death, a nobler crown.
Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna in the highest!
Gather around the Christmas Tree!
Gather around the Christmas Tree!
Ev'ry bough has a burden now,
They are gifts of love for us, we know.
For Christ is born, His love to show
And give good gifts to men below.
Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna in the highest!
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 Savior dear,
And gives us Christmas every year!
Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna in the highest!
About This Song
John Henry Hopkins Jr. was an American clergyman and hymnodist, most famous for composing the song "We Three Kings of Orient Are" in 1857. (It does not appear in print until his Carols, Hymns, and Songs in 1863).
