I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day is a carol written by John Baptiste Calkin way back in 1872 to a poem written by Henry Wadworth Longfellow. I guess it’s a lesser-known carol, but it’s always been one of my favorites. It’s a short melody that I expanded with an intro, an interlude and a longer coda to record on “A TRI-FI CHRISTMAS” – plus a few jazzy solos of course…
Listen to the TRI-FI version: I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
It’s a lead-sheet – melody and chords with a few written out bits.
Love it! Do you know the other melody for this carol? It’s beautiful, too.