GOD REST YOU MERRY PEOPLE ALL

[1]
God rest you merry people all,
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,

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and it's tidings of comfort and joy,
comfort and joy:
and it's tidings of comfort and joy.

[2]
From God our heavenly Father
the blessed angels came
and unto certain shepherds
brought tidings of the same,
that there was born in Bethlehem
the Son of God by name:

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[3]
The shepherds at those tidings
rejoiced much in mind,
and left their flocks a-feeding
in tempest, storms and wind,
and straight they came to Bethlehem,
the Son of God to find:

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[4]
And when they came to Bethlehem
where our sweet Saviour lay,
they found him in a manger
where oxen feed on hay ;
the blessed Virgin kneeling down
unto the Lord did pray:

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[5]
Now to the Lord sing praises,
all you within this place,
and with true love and brotherhood
each other now embrace:
the merry time of Christmas
is drawing on apace:

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