O Tannenbaum

"O Tannenbaum"
Silver fir (Abies alba)
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
Audio sample
Bilingual performance of the first verse by the United States Army Band Chorus file help

"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.