"O Christmas Tree" (O Tannenbaum)
18th Century Germany
(Original Translation?)

1- O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree, how steadfast are your braches!
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree, how steadfast are your braches!
Your boughs are green in summer's clime,
and through the snows of wintertime.
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree, how steadfast are your branches!

2- O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree, what happiness befalls me.
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree, what happiness befalls me.
When oft at joyous Christmas-time,
your form inspires my song and rhyme.
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree,
what happiness befalls me.

3- O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree, your boughs can teach a lesson.
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree, your boughs can teach a lesson.
That constant faith and hope sublime
lend strength and comfort through the time.
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree, your boughs can teach a lesson.

(Modern Translation?)

1- O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree, you stand in verdant beauty.
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree, you stand in verdant beauty.
Your boughs are green in summers' glow
and do not fade in winters' snow.
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree, you stand in verdant beauty.

2- O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree, much pleasure doth thou bring me.
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree, much pleasure doth thou bring me.
For every year the Christmas tree,
brings to us all both joy and glee.
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree, much pleasure doth thou bring me.

3- O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree, thy candles shine out brightly.
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree, thy candles shine out brightly.
Each bough doth hold its' tiny light,
that makes each toy to sparkle bright.
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree, thy candles shine out brightly.

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Syllabic : None. Is all straight-ahead.