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.O tidings of comfort and joy,For Jesus Christ our SaviourWas born on Christmas Day.In Bethlehem in JewryThis blessed babe was born,And laid within a mangerUpon this blessed morn;The which His mother MaryNothing did take in scorn.From God, our Heavenly Father,A blessed Angel came,And, unto certain shepherds,Brought tidings of the same;How, that in Bethlehem was bornThe Son of God by name.The Shepherds at those tidings,Rejoiced much in mind,And left their flocks a-feedingIn tempest, storm, and wind,And went to Bethlehem straightway,This blessed Babe to find.But when to Bethlehem they came,Where as this Infant lay,They found him in a mangerWhere oxen feed on hay,His mother Mary kneelingUnto the Lord did pray.Now to the Lord sing praisesAll you within this place,And with true love and brotherhoodEach other now embrace,This holy tide of ChristmasAll others doth deface.O tidings of comfort and joy,For Jesus Christ our SaviourWas born on Christmas Day.

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.

O tidings of comfort and joy,

For Jesus Christ our Saviour

Was born on Christmas Day.

In Bethlehem in JewryThis blessed babe was born,And laid within a mangerUpon this blessed morn;The which His mother MaryNothing did take in scorn.

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.

From God, our Heavenly Father,A blessed Angel came,And, unto certain shepherds,Brought tidings of the same;How, that in Bethlehem was bornThe Son of God by name.

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.

The Shepherds at those tidings,Rejoiced much in mind,And left their flocks a-feedingIn tempest, storm, and wind,And went to Bethlehem straightway,This blessed Babe to find.

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 blessed Babe to find.

But when to Bethlehem they came,Where as this Infant lay,They found him in a mangerWhere oxen feed on hay,His mother Mary kneelingUnto the Lord did pray.

But when to Bethlehem they came,

Where as this Infant lay,

They found him in a manger

Where oxen feed on hay,

His mother Mary kneeling

Unto the Lord did pray.

Now to the Lord sing praisesAll you within this place,And with true love and brotherhoodEach other now embrace,This holy tide of ChristmasAll others doth deface.O tidings of comfort and joy,For Jesus Christ our SaviourWas born on Christmas Day.

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 deface.

O tidings of comfort and joy,

For Jesus Christ our Saviour

Was born on Christmas Day.

CorreggioTHE HOLY NIGHT

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THE HOLY NIGHT

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