The poem celebrates Christmas and recalls the story of Jesus's birth. It describes how church bells ring out to announce the good news of God's promise from long ago being fulfilled in the baby born in the manger. The bells call people to come together and praise God for his glory in sending Jesus to bring love and salvation to the world.

1. Bells Ring Out!

2. Many, many years ago
Was the story often told
About a baby King and the promising
Of a world that’s filled with love.

3. Many years have come and gone
But the promise still lives on,
For we all remember the baby born
In a lowly cattle stall,
In a manger filled with straw....
(slow down!)

4. The bells ring out for Christmas!
The bells ring out for Christmas!
The choirs sing: the angels bring
Good news from God, in all his glory.

5. The bells ring out for Christmas!
The bells ring out for Christmas!

6. And when they call,
Come one and all,
To praise the lord,
In all his glory-now!

7. Listen now as we tell of the Lord
And the word for all mankind,
How the Lord God born in human form
Gives us cause to celebrate,
With enthusiastic praise....
(slow down!)

8. The bells ring out for Christmas!
The bells ring out for Christmas!
The choirs sing: the angels bring
Good news from God, in all his glory.
(Wait!)

9. The bells ring out for Christmas!
The bells ring out for Christmas!

10. And when they call,
Come one and all,
To praise the lord,
In all his glory YR 3/4
All his glory YR 5/6
All his glory-now! TOGETHER