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《Carol Of The Bells》（鐘聲頌歌）是一首非常經典，廣受歡迎的聖誕頌歌歌。
聽這首歌之前，想先聊聊它的背景。
《Carol Of The Bells》最早是一首前基督時期，烏克蘭的一首傳統的新年聖曲Shchedryk，用於其在每年四月開始的新年慶賀。其後，基督教傳入烏克蘭，這首聖曲便成為烏克蘭基督教Feast of Epiphany的慶賀曲。
1904年，烏克蘭作曲家 Mykola Leontovych 將其改編成一首合唱小品。1916年烏克蘭 Kiev University 的學生合唱團體在其歐美巡演中首次演出了這首曲目，引起歐美聽眾的喜愛與追捧。
1930年，Peter Wilhousky將這首曲目改編成英文版本，並配了一首與原曲沒有什麼關聯的歌詞。從此，這首歌曲就在全球範圍內流行開來，成為歐美廣受歡迎的一首聖誕曲目。也曾也曾在出現在眾多影視作品，TV Show中。
這首歌，有一個特別經典版本，就是國寶級的英國童聲組合 Libera（天使之翼合唱團）演唱的。純美童聲，宛如天籟！
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Hark how the bells
Sweet silver bells
All seem to say
Throw cares away
Christmas is here
Bringing good cheer
To young and old
Meek and the bold
Ding dong ding dong
That is their song
With joyful ring
All caroling
One seems to hear
Words of good cheer
From everywhere
Filling the air
Oh how they pound
Raising the sound
O'er hill and dale
Telling their tale
Gloria in Excelsis Deo
Gloria Gloria
Hark how the bells
All seem to say
Christmas is here
Bringing good cheer
To young and old
Meek and the bold
Ding dong ding dong
That is their song
With joyful ring
All caroling
One seems to hear
Words of good cheer
From everywhere
Filling the air
Oh how they pound
Raising the sound
O'er hill and dale
Telling their tale
Gaily they ring
While people sing
Songs of good cheer
Christmas is here
Gaily they ring
While people sing
Songs of good cheer
Christmas is here
Gloria in Excelsis Deo
Gloria Gloria
Hark how the bells
All seem to say
Christmas is here
Bringing good cheer
One seems to hear
Words of good cheer
From everywhere
Filling the air
Oh how they pound
Raising the sound
O'er hill and dale
Telling their tale
Gaily they ring
While people sing
Songs of good cheer
Christmas is here
Gaily they ring
While people sing
Songs of good cheer
Christmas is here
Hark how the bells
All seem to say
Christmas is here
Bringing good cheer
One seems to hear
Words of good cheer
From everywhere
Filling the air
Oh how they pound
Raising the sound
O'er hill and dale
Telling their tale
Gaily they ring
While people sing
Songs of good cheer
Christmas is here
Gaily they ring
While people sing
Songs of good cheer
Christmas is here
Merry merry merry merry Christmas
Merry merry merry merry Christmas
On on they send
On without end
Their joyful tone
To every home
Hark how the bells
All seem to say
Gloria Gloria
Ding dong ding dong
That is their song
本號多次介紹過的Lindsey Stirling，也用小提琴演奏過《Carol of the Bells》，精彩好聽。
還有一個看完激動不已版本，由美國歌手 Jennifer Thomas 鋼琴+芭蕾舞表演的，推薦給樂友們。