Isaac Watts’s 1719 paraphrase of Psalm 98 became a Christmas classic when ... to other composers for his own hymn tunes, and described the music of “Joy to the World” as being “after ...

Merry Christmas! With this special time of year ... Dyke originally wrote these lyrics in 1907 as a poem entitled "Hymn of Joy," and with the words set to Beethoven's "Ode to Joy," the song ...