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 Bentley Ham in Jewry this blessed babe was born,
and laid within a manger upon this blessed morn.
Though which his mother Mary did not 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.
Out at Bethlehem was born the Son of God by name,
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 time of
grace must hold other darkly faced.
O tidings of comfort and joy,
comfort and joy,
O tidings of comfort and joy.