




   God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
               Traditional, 1827







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;
To 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,
   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.
O tidings of comfort and joy,
   comfort and joy. 
O tidings of comfort and joy.



