God Rest You Merry Gentlemen

God rest you merry

gentlemen

God rest you merry

gentlemen

Let nothing you dismay

For Jesus Christ

our Saviour

Was born upon this day

To save us all from Satan's power

When we were gone astray.

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O tidings of comfort and joy

comfort and joy;

O tidings of comfort and joy!

In Bethlehem in Jewry

This blessed Babe was born

And laid within a manger

Upon this blessed morn;

The which his mother Mary

Nothing did take in scorn. (Refrain)

From God our heavenly Father

A blessed angel came

And unto certain shepherds

Brought tidings of the same

How that in Bethlehem was born

The Son of God by name. (Refrain)

‘Fear not

’ then said the angel

‘Let nothing you affright;

This day is born a Saviour

Of virtue

power and might

So frequently to vanquish all

The friends of Satan quite.’ (Refrain)

The shepherds at these tidings

Rejoiced much in mind

And left their flocks a-feeding

In tempest

storm and wind

And went to Bethlehem straightway

This blessed Babe to find. (Refrain)

But when to Bethlehem they came

Whereat this Infant lay

They found him in a manger

Where oxen fed on hay;

His mother Mary

kneeling

Unto the Lord did pray. (Refrain)

Now to the Lord sing praises

All you within this place

And with true love and brotherhood

Each other now embrace.

The holy tide of Christmas

All others doth efface. (Refrain)