I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day

13. I Heard the BeUson Christmas Day
Words: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow/Music: Jean Baptiste Calkin
Longfellow's son was wounded in war, and the grief-stricken father received the news on Christmas.
The sound ofthe chiming bells overcame his bitterness. This song is a favorite in The Cowboy
Christmas" Concert production. I think of the bell on a small chapel, ringing out idealistic bope
over a rural landscape, cowboys listening while they spread winter feed for the cattle.