Merry, Merry Christmas Bells

Merry, merry chiming bells,
Clear and sweet their carol swells,
Joyful news their music tells,
Glory in the highest:

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Glory be to God on high,
Glory in the highest.

In a manger far away,
Once the infant Savior lay;
We will sing His birth today,
Glory in the highest:

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Let the glorious tidings fly,
Angels sing, and earth reply;
Glory be to God on high!
Glory in the highest:

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Author: Emily Huntington Miller

Year: 1866

This children's Christmas carol first appeared in the 1860s (often dated 1866) in publications such as 'The Little Corporal' magazine, of which Emily Huntington Miller was an editor and frequent contributor. Some hymnals list her simply as 'E. H. Miller' or attribute the text anonymously, but she is the accepted author.