God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Traditional English (Sir John Stainer)
Public Domain. Traditional English (Sir John Stainer)
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God rest ye merry gentlemen, let nothing you dismay,
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For Jesus Christ our Savior was born upon this day,
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To save us all from Satan's power when we were gone astray,
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O -- tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy;
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O -- tidings of comfort and joy!
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In Bethlehem, in Jew - ry this blessed babe was born,
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And laid within a man - ger, upon this blessed morn,
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To which his mother Ma - ry did nothing take in scorn;
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O -- tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy;
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O -- tidings of comfort and joy!