Each year you bring to us delight, With brightly shining Christmas light! O Christmas tree, o Christmas tree! Such pleasure do you bring me! O Christmas tree, o Christmas tree! You'll ever be unchanging! Your bright green leaves with festive cheer, Give hope and strength throughout the year. O Christmas tree, o Christmas tree! The 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. On this page you can find a glockenspiel / xylophone tutorial video of the theme and sheet music that you can download for free O Christmas Tree; I: II: 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! O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree! German Christmas Carol. "O Tannenbaum" - "O Fir Tree" - is an old German traditional folk song that pays tribute to the evergreen fir tree as a symbol of constancy and faithfulness. There were many Tannenbaum songs in German, but the best known version was penned in 1824 by a Leipzig organist named Ernst Anshütz. A Christmas Carol as Lovely as a Tree. The original German title of this carol is "O Tannenbaum", a literal translation of which is the world-renown "O ChristmasTree". The Christmas tree tradition is stuff of folktales. The song doesn't speak of Christmas, instead, it ennobles the fir tree as an evergreen (symbolizing faithfulness). History for 'O Christmas Tree' O Christmas Tree, or O Tannenbaum, in its original German version, refers to a fir tree.The carol's best known text was penned by a German organist and teacher, Ernst Anschutz in 1824, and was set to an old folk tune. O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, Much pleasure doth thou bring me! O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, Much pleasure doth thou bring me! For every year the Christmas tree, Brings to us all both joy and glee. O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, Much pleasure doth thou bring me! O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, Thy candles shine out brightly! Aretha Franklin O Christmas Tree lyrics: O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree / How lovely are thy branches / O Chr Deutsch English Español Français Hungarian Italiano Nederlands Polski Português (Brasil) Română Svenska Türkçe Ελληνικά Български Русский Српски Українська العربية 日本語 Your leaves are so unchanging Not only green when summer′s here But also when it's cold and drear O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree Your leaves are so unchanging O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree Much pleasure you do give me O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree Much pleasure you do give me How often has the Christmas tree Given me the greatest glee O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree! O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree, How steadfast are Your branches! Your boughs are green In summer's clime And through the snows Of wintertime. O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree, How steadfast are Your branches! O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree, What happiness befalls me When oft at Joyous Christmas-time Your form inspires My song and UVyNkn.