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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. 
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 ... 
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 ... 
'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 ... 
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 ... 
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 ... 
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 ... 
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