The garment of life, be it tattered and torn
The cloak of the soldier is weathered and worn
But what Child is this that was poverty-born
The Peace of Christmas Day
The branch that bears the bright holly
The dove that rests in yonder tree
The light that burns for all to see
The Peace of Christmas Day
The branch that bears the bright holly (red, green, the holly tree)
The dove that rests in yonder tree (peace, love, eternity)
The light that burns for all to see (starlight brightly beam)
The Peace of Christmas Day
The hope that has slumbered for 2000 years
A promise that silenced a thousand fears
A faith that can hobble an ocean of tears
The Peace of Christmas Day
The branch that bears the bright holly
The dove that rests in yonder tree
The light that burns for all to see
The Peace of Christmas Day
The branch that bears the bright holly (red, green, the holly tree)
The dove that rests in yonder tree (peace, love, eternity)
The light that burns for all to see (starlight brightly beam)
The Peace of Christmas Day
Add all the grief that a people may bear
Total the strife and the trouble and care
Put them in columns then leave them all there
Peace of Christmas Day
The branch that bears the bright holly
The dove that rests in yonder tree
The light that burns for all to see
The Peace of Christmas Day
The branch that bears the bright holly (red, green, the holly tree)
The dove that rests in yonder tree (peace, love, eternity)
The light that burns for all to see (starlight brightly beam)
The Peace of Christmas Day