1 God rest you merry, gentlemen,
Let nothing you dismay;
Remember Christ our Savior
Was born on Christmas day
To save us all from Satan's pow'r
When we were gone astray.
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O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy;
O tidings of comfort and joy!
2 In Bethlehem in Judah
This blessed babe was born,
And laid within a manger
Upon this blessed morn,
For which his mother Mary
Did nothing take in scorn. [Refrain]
3 From God our heav'nly 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]
4 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. [Refrain]
5 Now to the Lord sing praises,
All you within this place,
And with true love and charity
Each other now embrace;
This holy tide of Christmas
All others shall replace. [Refrain]