Freddy was born on September 27th, 1931 in Vienna, Austria. In his youth he… Read Full Bio ↴Freddy was born on September 27th, 1931 in Vienna, Austria. In his youth he loves the circus, but in 1950 he chooses for music and starts singing in the bars from Hamburg.
In 1952 he joins an international competition for the first time in Belfast, Ireland, where he wins the first prize.
However it takes till 1954 before he records his first songs, mainly songs about life at sea and some country music.
He soon extends his career by learning to act, and he will join several movies in Germany.
1956 sees Freddy representing Germany at the first Eurovision Song Contest together with Walter Andreas Schwarz. It is the only year that countries enter the contest with two songs. No points are given, and only the winner, Lys Assia is anounced.
Freddy's songs however become instant hits in Germany, Austria, Luxemburg, the Netherlands and Belgium and several other countries.
"La Paloma","Junge, komm bald wieder" and "Die Gitarre und das Meer" bring him fame, golden records and many awards.
Freddy keeps singing all his life, and in 2002 he makes his last tour, which ends in the city where he is born : Vienna.

Süsser Die Glocken Nie Klingen
Freddy Quinn Lyrics

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Süßer die Glocken nie klingen
als zu der Weihnachtszeit:
S'ist als ob Engelein singen
wieder von Frieden und Freud'.
|: Wie sie gesungen in seliger Nacht. :|
Glocken mit heiligem Klang,
klinget die Erde entlang!

Oh, wenn die Glocken erklingen,
schnell sie das Christkindlein hört;
tut sich vom Himmel dann schwingen
eilig hernieder zur Erd'.
|: Segnet den Vater, die Mutter, das Kind. :|
Glocken mit heiligem Klang...

Klinget mit lieblichem Schalle
über die Meere noch weit,
daß sich erfreuen doch alle
seliger Weihnachtszeit.

|: Alle aufjauchzen mit herrlichem Sang. :|
Glocken mit heiligem Klang...

Overall Meaning

The song "Süßer die Glocken nie klingen" by Freddy Quinn is a traditional German Christmas carol. The lyrics describe how sweetly the bells ring during the Christmas season, as if the angels are singing of peace and joy. The song goes on to say that when the bells ring out, it is said that the Christ child hears them and comes quickly down from heaven to bless the family with peace and love. The final verse suggests that the sound of the bells carries over the oceans, spreading joy to all during the Christmas season.

Line by Line Meaning

Süßer die Glocken nie klingen
The sound of the bells is never sweeter

als zu der Weihnachtszeit:
than at Christmas time:

S'ist als ob Engelein singen
It is as if angels are singing

wieder von Frieden und Freud'.
again of peace and joy.

|: Wie sie gesungen in seliger Nacht. :|
As they sang on that blessed night.

Glocken mit heiligem Klang,
Bells with holy sound,

klinget die Erde entlang!
ring across the earth!

Oh, wenn die Glocken erklingen,
Oh, when the bells ring,

schnell sie das Christkindlein hört;
the Baby Jesus hears them quickly;

tut sich vom Himmel dann schwingen
He then swings down from heaven

eilig hernieder zur Erd'.
hastily to the earth.