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" O Tannenbaum" (German: [oː ˈtanənbaʊm]; "O fir tree"), known in English as "O Christmas Tree", is a German Christmas song. Based on a traditional folk song that was unrelated to the holiday, it became associated with the traditional Christmas tree .
"O Tannenbaum" ("O Christmas Tree") German traditional/ E. Anschütz, A. Zarnack 18th century translated into English as "O, Christmas Tree", 1824 "O Tannenbaum, du trägst ein grünen Zweig " ("O Christmas Tree, you Wear a Green Branch") Westphalian traditional "Schneeflöckchen, Weißröckchen" ("Little Snow Flake, Little White Coat")
Winifred Lee Brent Lyster of Detroit wrote the original 1862 lyrics of "Michigan, My Michigan" to the tune of "O Tannenbaum" (known in English as "O Christmas Tree"), and which was also the melody of "Maryland, My Maryland", a former state song of the state of Maryland.
"O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, how lovely are thy branches"—this popular seasonal song begins by complimenting the Christmastime symbol we all automatically associate with the holiday. And ...
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Irishman Jim Connell wrote the song's lyrics in 1889 in Nicholas Donovan's house. [8] There are six stanzas, each followed by the chorus. It is normally sung to the tune of "Lauriger Horatius", better known as the German carol "O Tannenbaum" ("O Christmas Tree"), though Connell had wanted it sung to the tune of a pro-Jacobite Robert Burns anthem, "The White Cockade". [9]
Over time, the tradition of decorating a Christmas tree with candles was replaced with other things, like paper roses, fruits and nuts. In the mid-1800s, German glassmaker Hans Greiner began ...