The Bells

The bells (Verse 1:) Hear the sleigh bells, the bright ones, The merry, silver bells! How they ring and ring and ring To the fiery leaps of the steeds. (Chorus:) And it sounds, sounds, sounds, And it penetrates, penetrates, penetrates Far, far, far, far, far, (Verse 2:) How it twinkles and flashes all around, How the stars twinkle and twinkle, Beside them wink and wink Half mischievously - (Verse 3:) And in the moonlight the fairies dance A strange runic dance, By the demant strewn alders To the tinkling silver pearls. (Chorus:) And it sounds, sounds, sounds, And it penetrates, penetrates, penetrates Far, far, far, far, far,