Saturday, January 2, 2010

O Christmas Tree (Christmas Bonus)


Chords:
D - - A7 B7 - / - Em - A7 - D / - - - A7 B7 - / - Em - A7 - D

D - G - Em - / - A7 - - D - / - - - A7 B7 - / - Em - A7 - D

Apparently the song "O Tannenbaum" was promoted in Germany during the Third Reich as part of a program to remove the more overtly elements of Christmas celebrations. I learned that on Wikipedia.

This is one of a billion million songs to the tune "Lauriger Horatius." Here are some links to THAT song, including Latin words and sheet music:
https://jscholarship.library.jhu.edu/handle/1774.2/4351
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/images/modeng/public/PaxHand/PaxHaf05.jpg

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