Du grønne glitrende tre

Words: Johan Krohn (1841-1925)

Music: Edvard Grieg
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C. E. F. Weyse
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1. Du grønne glitrende tre, god dag!
Velkommen, du som vi ser så gjerne,
med julelys og med norske flagg
og høyt i toppen den blanke stjerne!
Ja den må skinne, for den skal minne [1]
Oss om vår Gud, oss om vår Gud.

2. Den første jul i et fremmed land
sin store stjerne vår Herre tente;
den skulle vise vår jord at han
den lille Jesus til verden sendte.
I stjerneglansen gikk engledansen
Om Betlehem, om Betlehem.

3. Om Jesusbarnet fortalte mor
så mang en aften vi satt der hjemme;
vi kan hans bud og hans milde ord,
vi vet at aldri vi dem må glemme.
Når stjernen skinner, om ham oss minner
Vårt juletre!, vårt juletre!

Notes:

1. Some versions repeat this line. Return

Translations include:

• Good Day, You Green and Glittering Tree
• Song To The Christmas Tree, English Version by Bernard Braley (1924 - ) from a translation by Turid Bakke, copyright 1980. Sheet music can be obtained from Stainer & Bell, Ltd., London. First Line: O green and glittering blessed tree.
• Thou Green and Glittering Tree, Good Day!
• You Green And Glittering Tree, Good Day! Translation by George K. Evans, Ehret and Evans, eds., The International Book of Christmas Carols (Fort Lauderdale, FL: Walton Music Corporation, 1963)
• You Green, Glittering Tree, We Greet You (Mike and Else's Norwegian Songbook (Bloomington, MN: Skandisk, 1985)

Peter's Jul (Peter's Christmas),written and drawn by the brothers Pietro and Johan Krohn in 1866, contains eleven carols, although not this one.

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