1. God rest ye merry,gentlemen,
let nothing you dismay,
For Jesus Christ, our Saviour,
Was born upon this 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. Form God, our Heavinly Father,
A blessed angel came,
And unto certain shepherds,
Brought tidings of the same,
HOW THAT IN bETHLIEHEM WAS BORN,
The Son of God by name:

3. The shepherds at these tidings,
Rejoiced much in mind,
And left their flocks a feeding,
In tempest storm and wind,
And went to Bethlehem straight way,
The Blessed Babe to find: