1 God rest you merry, gentlemen,
Let nothing you dismay,
Remember Christ our Saviour
Was born on Christmas Day
To save us all from Satan's pow'r
When we were gone astray.

Refrain:
O tidings of comfort and joy,
comfort and joy,
O tidings of comfort and joy.

2 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. [Refrain]

3 'Fear not, then,' said the angel,
'Let nothing you affright;
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." [Refrain]

4 The shepherds at those tidings
Rejoiced much in mind,
And left their flock a-feeding,
In tempest, storm, and wind:
And went to Bethlehem straight-way,
The Son of God to find. [Refrain]

Amen.