"O Tannenbaum" | |
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Song | |
Language | German |
English title | O Christmas Tree |
Published | 1824 |
Songwriter(s) | Ernst Anschütz, based on a 16th-century Silesian folk song by Melchior Franck[citation needed] |
Audio sample | |
Bilingual performance of the first verse by the United States Army Band Chorus |
"O Tannenbaum" (German: [oː ˈtanənbaʊm]; "O fir tree"), known in English as "O Christmas Tree", is a German Christmas song. Based on a traditional folk song that was unrelated to the holiday, it became associated with the traditional Christmas tree.