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God Rest Ye
Merry Gentlemen
Words and music from European
origin during the middle ages |
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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 power
when we were gone astray.
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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.
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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.
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"Fear not, then," said the angel, "Let nothing
you afright
This day is born a Savior of a pure Virgin
bright,
To free all those who trust in Him from Satan's
power and might."
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The shepherds at those tidings rejoiced much in
mind,
And left their flocks a-feeding in tempest,
storm and wind,
And went to Bethl'em straightaway this blessed
Babe to find.
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But when to Bethlehem they came where our dear
Savior lay,
They found Him in a manger where oxen feed on
hay;
His mother Mary kneeling unto the Lord did pray.
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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.
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God bless the ruler of this house, and send him
long to reign,
And many a merry Christmas may live to see
again;
Among your friends and kindred that live both
far and near--
That God send you a happy new year, happy new
year,
And God send you a happy new year. |
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