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 God rest ye merry, gentlemen

 Let nothing you dismay

 Remember, Christ, our Saviour

 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

 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

And when they came to Bethlehem

 Where our dear Saviour lay,

 They found Him in a manger,

 Where oxen feed on hay;

 His Mother Mary kneeling down,

 Unto the Lord did pray.

 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