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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 .
The song is set to the melody of "Lauriger Horatius" [2] — the same tune "O Tannenbaum" was taken from. The lyrics are from a nine-stanza poem written by James Ryder Randall (1839–1908) in 1861. The state's general assembly adopted "Maryland, My Maryland" as the state song on April 29, 1939. [3]
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.
The Glee alum delivers a fun original Christmas song that may end up as much of a classic as "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree." 155. Ella Fitzgerald, "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear"
According to TIME Magazine, 1931 was the first year that this special location displayed a Christmas tree, when a 20-ft.-tall balsam was put up on Christmas Eve by the construction workers who ...
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]
10. Birch, please! 11. Don’t go barking up the wrong Christmas tree. 12. Taken right before my cat tried to scale our Christmas tree. 13. Don’t ask how long it took to decorate this thing.
The five-minute version of "O Tannenbaum" (#2, Take 1) is prominently featured during the scene where Charlie Brown and Linus shop for a Christmas tree, showcasing Guaraldi's jazz-inspired arrangement of the classic carol. Guaraldi’s ability to reinterpret traditional holiday music was evident in his treatment of "O Tannenbaum." A fresh ...