God rest ye merry gentlemen
Let nothing you dismay
Remember Christ our Savior
Was born on Christmas day
To save us all from Satan's power
When we were gone astray
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
Did nothing take in scorn.
O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy;
O tidings of comfort and joy!
From God our heavenly Father
The blessed 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, comfort and joy;
O tidings of comfort and joy!
Fear not said the angel
Let nothing you affright
This day is born a savior
Of the pure virgin bright
To free all those who trust in him
From Satan's power and might
Oh tidings of comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy;
O tidings of comfort and joy!
And when they came to Bethlehem
Where our dear savior lay
They found him in the manger
Where oxen feed on hay
His mother Mary kneeled down
And to the lord did pray
Oh tidings of comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy;
O tidings of comfort and joy!
The shepherds at those tidings
Rejoiced much in mind,
And left their flocks afeeding
In tempest, storm, and wind,
And went to Bethlehem straightway,
The blessed babe to find.
O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy;
O tidings of comfort and joy!
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 other doth deface.
O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy;
O tidings of comfort and joy!
God rest ye merry gentlemen
Let nothing you dismay
Remember Christ our Savior
Was born on Christmas day