Alle Jahre wieder ... (Weihnachtslied)

Every year is one of the most famous Christmas carols. His text was written in 1837 by Wilhelm Hey. The most common melody is usually attributed to Friedrich Silcher [1], it comes from his song cycle Twelve Children's Songs from the appendix of Speckter'schen fable book of 1842. [2] Another version melody is by Ernst Anschütz. Another melody, the song is sung, Christian Heinrich Rinck composed in 1827; it is now conducted on Hoffmann von Fallersleben poem evening it is sung again (wikipedia)