God rest you merry, Gentlemen!
1.GOD rest you merry, Gentlemen!Let nothing you dismay;Remember Christ our SaviourWas born upon this day,To save us all from Satan’s powerWhen we were gone astray.O tidings of comfort and joy,O tidings of comfort and joy.2. In Bethlehem in JuryThis blessèd Babe was born,And laid within a mangerUpon this blessèd morn:The which His Mother MaryNothing did take in scorn.O tidings of comfort and joy,O tidings of comfort and joy.3. From God, our Heavenly Father,A blessèd angel came,And unto certain shepherdsBrought tidings of the same,How that in Bethlehem was bornThe Son of God by name.O tidings of comfort and joy,O tidings of comfort and joy.4. “Fear not,” then said the angel,“Let nothing you affright:This day is born a SaviourOf virtue, power, and might;So frequently to vanquish allThe friends of Satan quite.”O tidings of comfort and joy,O tidings of comfort and joy.5. The shepherds at those tidingsRejoiced much in mind,And left their flocks a-feedingIn tempest, storm, and wind,And went to Bethlehem straightwayThis blessèd Babe to find.O tidings of comfort and joy,O tidings of comfort and joy.6. But when to Bethlehem they came,Where this dear Infant lay,They found Him in a mangerWhere oxen feed on hay;His mother Mary, kneeling,Unto the Lord did pray.O tidings of comfort and joy,O tidings of comfort and joy.7. Now to the Lord sing praises,All you within this place,And with true love and brotherhoodEach other now embrace;This holy-tide of ChristmasAll others doth efface.O tidings of comfort and joy,O tidings of comfort and joy.
1.GOD rest you merry, Gentlemen!Let nothing you dismay;Remember Christ our SaviourWas born upon this day,To save us all from Satan’s powerWhen we were gone astray.O tidings of comfort and joy,O tidings of comfort and joy.2. In Bethlehem in JuryThis blessèd Babe was born,And laid within a mangerUpon this blessèd morn:The which His Mother MaryNothing did take in scorn.O tidings of comfort and joy,O tidings of comfort and joy.3. From God, our Heavenly Father,A blessèd angel came,And unto certain shepherdsBrought tidings of the same,How that in Bethlehem was bornThe Son of God by name.O tidings of comfort and joy,O tidings of comfort and joy.4. “Fear not,” then said the angel,“Let nothing you affright:This day is born a SaviourOf virtue, power, and might;So frequently to vanquish allThe friends of Satan quite.”O tidings of comfort and joy,O tidings of comfort and joy.5. The shepherds at those tidingsRejoiced much in mind,And left their flocks a-feedingIn tempest, storm, and wind,And went to Bethlehem straightwayThis blessèd Babe to find.O tidings of comfort and joy,O tidings of comfort and joy.6. But when to Bethlehem they came,Where this dear Infant lay,They found Him in a mangerWhere oxen feed on hay;His mother Mary, kneeling,Unto the Lord did pray.O tidings of comfort and joy,O tidings of comfort and joy.7. Now to the Lord sing praises,All you within this place,And with true love and brotherhoodEach other now embrace;This holy-tide of ChristmasAll others doth efface.O tidings of comfort and joy,O tidings of comfort and joy.
1.GOD rest you merry, Gentlemen!Let nothing you dismay;Remember Christ our SaviourWas born upon this day,To save us all from Satan’s powerWhen we were gone astray.O tidings of comfort and joy,O tidings of comfort and joy.
1.GOD rest you merry, Gentlemen!
Let nothing you dismay;
Remember Christ our Saviour
Was born upon this day,
To save us all from Satan’s power
When we were gone astray.
O tidings of comfort and joy,
O tidings of comfort and joy.
2. In Bethlehem in JuryThis blessèd Babe was born,And laid within a mangerUpon this blessèd morn:The which His Mother MaryNothing did take in scorn.O tidings of comfort and joy,O tidings of comfort and joy.
2. In Bethlehem in Jury
This blessèd Babe was born,
And laid within a manger
Upon this blessèd morn:
The which His Mother Mary
Nothing did take in scorn.
O tidings of comfort and joy,
O tidings of comfort and joy.
3. From God, our Heavenly Father,A blessèd angel came,And unto certain shepherdsBrought tidings of the same,How that in Bethlehem was bornThe Son of God by name.O tidings of comfort and joy,O tidings of comfort and joy.
3. From God, our Heavenly Father,
A blessèd angel came,
And unto certain shepherds
Brought tidings of the same,
How that in Bethlehem was born
The Son of God by name.
O tidings of comfort and joy,
O tidings of comfort and joy.
4. “Fear not,” then said the angel,“Let nothing you affright:This day is born a SaviourOf virtue, power, and might;So frequently to vanquish allThe friends of Satan quite.”O tidings of comfort and joy,O tidings of comfort and joy.
4. “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.”
O tidings of comfort and joy,
O tidings of comfort and joy.
5. The shepherds at those tidingsRejoiced much in mind,And left their flocks a-feedingIn tempest, storm, and wind,And went to Bethlehem straightwayThis blessèd Babe to find.O tidings of comfort and joy,O tidings of comfort and joy.
5. The shepherds at those tidings
Rejoiced much in mind,
And left their flocks a-feeding
In tempest, storm, and wind,
And went to Bethlehem straightway
This blessèd Babe to find.
O tidings of comfort and joy,
O tidings of comfort and joy.
6. But when to Bethlehem they came,Where this dear Infant lay,They found Him in a mangerWhere oxen feed on hay;His mother Mary, kneeling,Unto the Lord did pray.O tidings of comfort and joy,O tidings of comfort and joy.
6. But when to Bethlehem they came,
Where this dear Infant lay,
They found Him in a manger
Where oxen feed on hay;
His mother Mary, kneeling,
Unto the Lord did pray.
O tidings of comfort and joy,
O tidings of comfort and joy.
7. Now to the Lord sing praises,All you within this place,And with true love and brotherhoodEach other now embrace;This holy-tide of ChristmasAll others doth efface.O tidings of comfort and joy,O tidings of comfort and joy.
7. Now to the Lord sing praises,
All you within this place,
And with true love and brotherhood
Each other now embrace;
This holy-tide of Christmas
All others doth efface.
O tidings of comfort and joy,
O tidings of comfort and joy.
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