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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:
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 Behtlehem was born
The Son of God by name:
O tidings of comfort and joy,
Comfort and joy;
O tidings of comfort and joy.
"Fear not," then said the angel,
"Let nothing you affright,
This day is born a Savior
Of a pure virgin bright,
To free all those who trust in him
From Satan's power and might,"
O tidings of comfort and joy,
Comfort and joy;
O tidings of comfort and joy.
The shepherds at those tidings
Rejoiced much in mind,
And left their flocks a-feeding
In tempest, storm, and wind,
And went to Bethlehem straighway
The blessed babe to find:
O tidings of comfort and joy,
Comfort and joy;
O tidings of comfort and joy.
But when to Bethlehem they came,
Where our sweet Savior lay,
They found him in a manger,
Where oxen fed on hay;
His mother Mary kneeling,
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.
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