GOD REST YE MERRY, GENTLEMEN

God [Em] rest ye merry, gentlemen  
Let [C] nothing you [B] dismay 
Re[Em]member Christ our Saviour 
Was [C] born on Christmas [B] Day 
To [Am] save us all from [G] Satan's pow'r 
When [Em] we were gone [D] astray 

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[G] Tidings of [B] comfort and [Em] joy, 
comfort and [D] joy! 
O [G] tidings of [B] comfort and [Em] joy 

In Bethlehem, in Judea, 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 heav'nly 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 Saviour of a pure Virgin bright
To free all those who trust in Him from Satan's power and might"

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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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