Song 14 in The Christmas Songbook

O Christmas Tree

Also known as: The Fir-tree, O Tannenbaum

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Piano

For The Christmas Songbook (piano edition).

Slow (70% speed) (0:49)
Learn with this one first.

Normal speed (0:36)
The speed printed on the page.

Play-along (0:36)
Just the accompaniment, no tune: you play or sing the melody.

For The Christmas Songbook (ukulele edition).

Slow (70% speed) (0:49)
Learn with this one first.

Normal speed (0:35)
The speed printed on the page.

Play-along (0:35)
Just the accompaniment, no tune: you play or sing the melody.

For The Christmas Songbook (guitar edition).

Slow (70% speed) (0:49)
Learn with this one first.

Normal speed (0:35)
The speed printed on the page.

Play-along (0:35)
Just the accompaniment, no tune: you play or sing the melody.

For The Christmas Songbook (kalimba edition).

Slow (70% speed) (0:49)
Learn with this one first.

Normal speed (0:35)
The speed printed on the page.

For The Christmas Songbook (recorder edition).

Slow (70% speed) (0:50)
Learn with this one first.

Normal speed (0:36)
The speed printed on the page.

Play-along (0:36)
Just the accompaniment, no tune: you play or sing the melody.

O firtree tall! O firtree tall! How faithful are your branches, O firtree tall! O firtree tall! How faithful are your branches. 'Tis not alone in summer's glow, But thro' the winter's frost and snow. O firtree tall! O firtree tall! You're fresh and green forever.
O firtree green! O firtree green! I can but love you dearly! O firtree green! O firtree green! I can but love you dearly! How many times on Christmas night, Your beauteous gifts have brought delight! O firtree green! O firtree green! I can but love you dearly.

Music: Traditional German melody
Words: German words after August Zarnack (1777–1827) and Ernst Anschütz (1780–1861); English text anonymous
First published: German tune and words 1819–1824; this English text in Frederick Zuchtmann, New American Music Reader No. 2 (New York: Macmillan, c1903–1909)
Copyright: Public domain in the US, UK and EU. The arrangement and recordings belong to the book.