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Christmas Bells (Version 2)

LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of Christmas Bells by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for December 18, 2022.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (27 February 1807 - 24 March 1882) was an American poet and teacher best known for the poems "Paul Revere's Ride", "The Song Of Hiawatha" and "Evangeline." He was one of the so-called fireside poets from New England. This poem was written on Christmas Day 1863 and deals with the stark contrast between the Christmas message of peace on earth and the brutal and devastating American Civil War which was at its height. The poem was published in February of 1865 and first set to music in 1872 by English organist John Baptiste Calkin. Calkin's tune is still the one commonly used with the text to this day under the name of "I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day." - Summary by mungojerry311

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Christmas Bells - Read by BK (Bruce Kachuk)
Christmas Bells - Read by BM (Bill Mosley)
Christmas Bells - Read by CF (Craig Franklin)
Christmas Bells - Read by CZ (czandra)
Christmas Bells - Read by DL (David Lawrence)
Christmas Bells - Read by FEN (Fenman)
Christmas Bells - Read by GG (Greg Giordano)
Christmas Bells - Read by GLN (Garth Burton)
Christmas Bells - Read by JA (Julio Araujo)
Christmas Bells - Read by JFJ (Jonathan Jones)
Christmas Bells - Read by LCW (Larry Wilson)
Christmas Bells - Read by LS (LeeSalter)
Christmas Bells - Read by PLM (Paula Messina)
Christmas Bells - Read by PR (Patrick Randall)
Christmas Bells - Read by RR (redrun)
Christmas Bells - Sung by TG (TriciaG)
Christmas Bells - Read by WC (Wayne Cooke)
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