1. Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light; The year is dying in the night; Ring out, wild bells, and let him die. The year is dying in the night; Ring out, wild bells, and let him die.
2. Ring out the old; ring in the new; Ring happy bells across the snow; The year is going; let him go; Ring out the false; ring in the true. The year is going, let him go; Ring out, the false; ring in the true.
3. Ring in the valiant men and free, The larger heart, the kindlier hand; Ring out the darkness of the land; Ring in the Christ that is to be. Ring out the darkness of the land; Ring in the Christ that is to be.