O Christmas Tree is a German Christmas song which has been translated into many languages.
Carol, Germany.
“O Tannenbaum” was originally a traditional German folk song, which turned into a Christmas Carol in the early 20th century.
Its lyrics refer to the Tannenbaum, a fir tree, that is admired as a symbol of faithfulness and constancy. When it was translated into English, the symbolism was shifted towards the tree as a Christmas holiday feature.
Table of Contents
- O Christmas Tree Sing-Along Video
- Free O Christmas Tree karaoke MP3 download
- Song
- O Christmas Tree Song History
- Versions in other languages
O Christmas Tree Sing-Along Video
Lyrics (English)
1. O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree,
Your branches green delight us!
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree,
Your branches green delight us!
They ‘re green when summer days are bright,
They ‘re green when winter snow is white.
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree,
Your branches green delight us!
2. O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree,
You give us so much pleasure!
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree,
You give us so much pleasure!
How oft at Christmas tide the sight,
O green fir tree, gives us delight!
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree,
You give us so much pleasure!
3. O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree
Forever true your colour.
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree
Forever true your colour.
Your boughs so green in summertime
Stay bravely green in wintertime.
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree
Forever true your colour.
4. O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree
You fill my heart with music.
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree
You fill my heart with music.
Reminding me on Christmas Day
To think of you and then be gay.
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree
You fill my heart with music.
Lyrics (German)
1. O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum,
Wie treu sind deine Blätter!
O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum,
Wie treu sind deine Blätter!
Du grünst nicht nur zur Sommerzeit,
Nein, auch im Winter, wenn es schneit.
O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum,
Wie treu sind deine Blätter!
2. O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum,
Du kannst mir sehr gefallen!
O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum,
Du kannst mir sehr gefallen!
Wie oft hat schon zur Winterzeit
Ein Baum von dir mich hoch erfreut!
O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum,
Du kannst mir sehr gefallen!
3. O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum,
Dein Kleid will mich was lehren:
O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum,
Dein Kleid will mich was lehren:
Die Hoffnung und Beständigkeit
Gibt Mut und Kraft zu jeder Zeit!
O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum,
Dein Kleid will mich was lehren
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Free O Christmas Tree karaoke MP3 download
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“O Christmas tree / O Tannenbaum” free mp3 download (instrumental, 2:34 – 3/4 – 84bpm)
Song
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O Christmas Tree Song History
The lyrics of “O Tannenbaum” were written in 1824 by organist, teacher and composer Ernst Anschütz, who lived in Leipzig, Germany.
Anschütz based his lyrics on a 16th-century folk song written by Melchior Franck, “Ach Tannenbaum”. The custom of decorating a tree at Christmas developed during the 19th century. When Anschütz added his own two original verses to the first, traditional verse, he laid the path to the song being considered a Christmas carol.
Versions in other languages
These are the titles of “O Christmas Tree” in several languages besides English:
- German: “O Tannenbaum”
- Spanish: “El abeto”
- French: “Mon beau sapin“
- Italian: “Oh, albero”
- Portuguese: “Oh, pinheiro de Natal”
- Dutch: “Oh dennenboom”
- Swedish: “O julgran”
- Greek: “Ω έλατο” (O elato)
- Danish: “Oh Tannenbaum”
- Norwegian: “Oh tannenbaum”
- Finnish: “Oi kuusipuu”
Note that some of these titles may have slight variations depending on the dialect or region.
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