Hymn Lyrics
Traditional Christian Hymn Lyrics.
God rest you merry, gentlemen
God rest you merry, gentlemen,
- Let nothing you dismay,
- For Jesus Christ our Saviour
- Was born upon this 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.
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In Bethlehem, in Israel,
- This blessèd Babe was born,
- And laid within a manger
- Upon this blessed morn,
- The which his Mother Mary
- Did nothing take in scorn:
- O tidings ...
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From God our heavenly Father
- A blessèd 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 ...
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'Fear not,' then said the angel,
- 'Let nothing you affright,
- This day is born a Saviour,
- Of virtue, power, and might,
- So frequently to vanquish all
- The fiends of Satan quite:'
- O tidings ...
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The shepherds at those tidings
- Rejoicèd much in mind,
- And left their flocks a-feeding
- In tempest, storm and wind,
- And went to Bethlehem straightway,
- This blessèd Babe to find:
- O tidings ...
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But 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:
- O tidings ...
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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 ...