God rest ye merry, gentlemen,
   Let nothing you dismay,
   Remember Christ our Saviour,
   Was born on Christmas day . . .
  
   To save us all from Satan's power,
   When we were gone astray,
   Oh tidings of comfort and joy,
   Comfort and joy,
   Oh tidings of comfort and joy . . .
  
   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,
   Oh tidings of comfort and joy,
   Comfort and joy,
   Oh tidings of comfort and joy . . .
  
  
  
   Oh tidings of comfort and joy,
   Comfort and joy,
   Oh tidings of comfort and joy . . .
  
   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,
   Oh tidings of comfort and joy,
   Comfort and joy,
   Oh tidings of comfort and joy . . .