Listen to the bells

Listen to the bells - it’s Christmas Morning!
Listen to the tale they tell, a new day dawning,
Listen as they ring the Christmas Story -
Listen as they welcome in the newborn King of Glory.
Listen, listen to the bells.

Listen to the bells - how they’re ringing!
Listen - and you’ll hear the sound of angel voices singing.
Listen to the wind - it’s softly sighing,
Listen - and you’ll hear a tiny newborn baby crying.
Listen, listen to the bells.

Listen to the bells, a mother sleeping.
Can you see the shepherds round the doorway shyly peeping?
Can you see the babe - He knows no danger,
Cradled with the cattle, sleeping safely in His manger.
Listen, listen to the bells.

Listen to the bells - a death-knell warning
Premonition of a different morning.
Christmas Bells foretell the day He went to Glory -
Taking all my sins away, the Easter Story.
Listen, listen to the bells.

Listen to the bells, forever ringing -
Echo down two thousand years of people gladly singing.
Listen to the bells, His Glory praising.
Come and join our worship now, your joyful voices raising -
Listen! Listen to the bells!