God rest ye, merry gentlemen
Let nothing you dismay,
For Jesus Christ our saviour
Was born upon this day,
To save us all from Satans power
When we were gone astray.
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 sheperds
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.
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.