God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

1 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 Israel, this bless�d Babe was born, And laid within a manger upon this bless�d morn; The which His mother Mary did nothing take in scorn.

3 From God our heav'nly Father a bless�d 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, 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 pow'r and might."

5 The shepherds at those tidings rejoiced much in mind, And left their flocks afeeding in tempest, storm and wind, And went to Bethl'em straightaway this bless�d Babe to find.