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, 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 Saviour,
a virgin pure and 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 and those tidings
rejoiced much in mind,
And left their flocks a -feeding
in tempest, storm, and wind,
And went to Bethlehem straightway,
the Son of God to find.
O tidings of comfort and joy,
comfort and joy.
O tidings of comfort and joy.