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.

 

2. In Bethlehem, in Judah, this blessed Babe was born, and laid within a manger, upon this blessed morn; the which his Mother Mary, did nothing to scorn.

 

3. 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.

 

4. ‘Fear not’, the 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 power and might.’

 

5. The shepherds at those tidings rejoiced much in mind, and left their flocks a-feeding, in tempest, storm and wind; and went to Bethlehem straight away, this blessed Babe to find.

 

6. And when to Bethlehem they came whereat this infant lay, they found him in a manger, where oxen feed on hay; his mother Mary kneeling, unto the Lord did pray.

 

7. Not the Lord sing praises, all you within this place, and with true love and fellowship each other not embrace; this holy tide of Christmas all others doth deface.