O Tannenbaum
tannenbaum german oː ˈtanənbaʊm fir tree known english christmas tree german christmas song based traditional folk song unrelated holiday became associated traditional christmas tree modern lyric written leipzig organist teacher composer ernst anschütz tannenbaum fir tree lyric actually refer christmas describe decorated christmas tree instead refer fir evergreen quality symbol constancy faithfulness anschütz based text thcentury silesian folk song melchior franck ach tannenbaum august zarnack wrote tragic love song inspired folk song taking evergreen faithful fir tree contrasting faithless lover folk song first became associated christmas anschütz added two verse first traditional verse custom christmas tree developed course th century song came seen christmas carol anschützs version still treu true faithful adjective describing fir leaf needle harking back contrast faithless maiden folk song changed grün green point th century song come associated christmas tune old folk tune attested th century also known tune e lebe hoch der zimmermannsgeselle lauriger horatius tune also used contrafactum carry text many occasion notable us include red flag anthem british irish labour party florida – florida florida former state song maryland – maryland maryland former state song michigan – michigan michigan widely believed official state song iowa – song iowa official state song labrador – ode labrador regional anthem dickinson college alma mater noble dickinsonia word written horatio collins king college holy cross alma mater sung tune tannenbaum traveling bus schoolchildren sweden sing en busschaufför swedish bus driver vår busschaufför bus driver melody st bonaventure university alma mater myrtle wreath well deck thy brow scout vesper used boy scout america sung melody similarly softly fall used girl scout usa sung melody referenced song honor movie moon parador parador national anthem sung melody list christmas carol snoopy christmas eglite – old recording song article hermann von helmholtz center cultural technology german note tannenbaum sheet music gif tannenbaum multilingual – midi lyric tannenbaum christmas tree sheet music jpeg format midi lyric tannenbaum lyric mp christmas tree layaways freescorescom