有朋友說想聽一首與《Jingle Bell》或《Silent Night》等不同風格的聖誕歌，於是就想到了《Carol of the Bells》這首源自烏克蘭的聖誕歌。從the bird and the bee 2007年的專輯《Carol of the Bells》CD中找出了這首歌給了朋友。又正值聖誕之前，在收到的E里，有張可拿來一用的圖，在網上找了這首歌的其它版本，同the bird and the bee演唱的這首歌一起貼在這裡。

謝謝大家！祝節日快樂！

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《Carol of the Bells》 by the bird and the bee

《Carol Of The Bells》 by Celtic Woman

鋼琴版《Carol of the Bells》

《Carol Of The Bells》歌詞：

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 ev'rywhere
Filling the air

Oh how they pound,
Raising the sound,
O'er hill and dale,
Telling their 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 ev'ry home

Ding, dong, ding, dong.

Composed by Mykola Dmytrovych Leontovych (1877-1921) in 1916. Originally titled Shchedryk, this Ukranian folk song is about a sparrow and the bountiful year that awaits a family. It was first performed in the Ukraine on the night of January 13, 1916, on the Julian calendar this is considered New Year's Eve. In the United States the song was first performed on October 5, 1921 at Carnegie Hall.

Carol of the Bells, also known as the Ukrainian Carol, was adapted from Shchedryk by Mykola Leontovych (1877-1921), which was first performed in December 1916 by students at Kiev University. The original Ukrainian song is based on an old Slavic legend that every bell in the world rang in honour of Jesus on the night of his birth.