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 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 Israel

This blessed Babe was born

And laid within a manger

Upon this blessed morn

The 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 Bethlehem 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 saviour

Of a pure virgin bright

To free all those who trust in him

From Satan's pow'r 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 straightway

This blessed babe to find:

O tidings of comfort and joy,

Comfort and joy,

O tidings of comfort and joy.

And when to Bethlehem they came,

Where at this infant lay

They found him in a manger,

Where oxen feed 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 others doth deface:

O tidings of comfort and joy,

Comfort and joy,

O tidings of comfort and j