Christa Wells posted a link the other day to an Advent music album that she'd participated in recording with other North Carolinian artists. You can stream the whole album from the website, and after listening to it a few times through, I decided to download it.
The song "Christmas Bells" really caught my ear the other day ... You can listen to it here, but check out these words, which turn out to have been penned by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:
Christmas Bells
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, arr. John Gorka
I heard the bells on Christmas day
Their old familiar carols play
And wild and sweet, the words repeat
Of peace on earth, good will to men
Peace on earth, good will to men
I thought how, as the day had come
The belfries of all Christendom
Had rolled along the unbroken song
Of peace on earth, good will to men
Peace on earth, good will to men
And in despair, I bowed my head
"There is no peace on earth," I said
For hate is strong, and mocks the song
Of peace on earth, good will to men
Peace on earth, good will to men
Then pealed the bells, more loud and deep
God is not dead, nor doth he sleep
The wrong shall fail, the right prevail
With peace on earth, good will to men
Peace on earth, good will to men
I heard the bells on Christmas day
Their old familiar carols play
And wild and sweet, the words repeat
Of peace on earth, good will to men
Peace on earth, good will to men
Peace on earth, good will to men
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