| God rest ye merry, gentlemen
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| Let nothing you dismay
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| Remember, Christ, our Saviour
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| Was born on Christmas day
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| To save us all from Satan’s power
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| When we were gone astray
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| O tidings of comfort and joy,
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| Comfort and joy
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| O tidings of comfort and joy
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| In Bethlehem, in Israel, This blessed Babe was born
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| And laid within a manger
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| Upon this blessed morn
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| The which His Mother Mary
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| Did nothing take in scorn
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| O tidings of comfort and joy, Comfort and joy
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| O tidings of comfort and joy.
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| From God our Heavenly Father
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| A blessed Angel came;
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| And unto certain Shepherds
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| Brought tidings of the same:
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| How that in Bethlehem was born
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| The Son of God by Name.
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| O tidings of comfort and joy, Comfort and joy
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| O tidings of comfort and joy
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| «Fear not then,» said the Angel,
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| «Let nothing you affright, This day is born a Saviour
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| Of a pure Virgin bright, To free all those who trust in Him
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| From Satan’s power and might.»
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| O tidings of comfort and joy,
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| Comfort and joy O tidings of comfort and joy
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| The shepherds at those tidings
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| Rejoiced much in mind,
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| And left their flocks a-feedingIn tempest, storm and wind:
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| And went to Bethlehem straightway
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| The Son of God to find.
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| O tidings of comfort and joy,
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| Comfort and joy O tidings of comfort and joy
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| And when they came to Bethlehem
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| Where our dear Saviour lay, They found Him in a manger, Where oxen feed on hay;
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| His Mother Mary kneeling down,
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| Unto the Lord did pray.
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| O tidings of comfort and joy,
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| Comfort and joy O tidings of comfort and joy
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| Now to the Lord sing praises,
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| All you within this place,
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| And with true love and brotherhood
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| Each other now embrace;
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| This holy tide of Christmas
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| All other doth deface.
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| O tidings of comfort and joy,
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| Comfort and joy O tidings of comfort and joy |