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Music: Sicily, 1785 [O Sanctissima]
English: Wartburg Hymnal, 1819
German (Deutsch): Johannes Daniel Falk, 1816 "O du fröhliche" (St. 1)
Johann Heinrich Christoph Holzschuher, 1829 "O du fröhliche" (St. 2-3)

MP3: The Philadelphia Brass Ensemble - O Sanctissima
English Text Source: hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Hymns_and_Carols/oh_how_joyfully.htm
German Text Source: liederschatz.net/musik/O%20du%20froehliche%20Text%20DE.txt

English:

O how joyfully;
O how merrily
Christmas comes with its grace divine!
Grace again is beaming,
Christ the world redeeming.
Hail, ye Christians,
hail the joyous Christmas time!

O how joyfully;
O how merrily
Christmas comes
with its peace divine!
Peace on earth is reigning,
Christ our peace regaining;
Hail, ye Christians,
hail the joyous Christmas time!

O how joyfully;
O how merrily
Christmas comes
with its life divine!
Angels high in glory,
chant the Christmas story;
Hail, ye Christians,
hail the joyous Christmas time!

German:

O du fröhliche, o du selige,
gnadenbringende Weihnachtszeit!
Welt ging verloren, Christ ist geboren:
Freue, freue dich, o Christenheit!

O du fröhliche, o du selige,
gnadenbringende Weihnachtszeit!
Christ ist erschienen, uns zu versühnen:
Freue, freue dich, o Christenheit!

O du fröhliche, o du selige,
gnadenbringende Weihnachtszeit!
Himmlische Heere jauchzen Dir Ehre:
Freue, freue dich, o Christenheit!