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Christmas bells ring out that loves a treasure, unis christmas bells ring, ding, loves a treasure, dong, let dong, so we sing this song in merry measure, spreading the word, dong. The legend of the lastivochka the swallow, recounted in a winsome folk song, was given a harmonious arrangement by mykola leontovych and traveled to the united states in 1922. Carol of the bells pdf sheet music jennifer thomas music. Ufnstma s chorus for mixed voices a cappella music by m. Carol of the bells version 2 anonymous, 1972 hark to the bells, hark to the bells carol of the bells version 3 ring, christmas bells, minna louise hohman, 1947 carol of the bells version 4 humor by erica avery in addition, a number of arrangements have been made.
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