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.
   O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy;
   O tidings of comfort and joy!
  
   <Fear not,> then said the angel
   <Let nothing you affright
   This day is born a saviour
   Of a pure and virgin bright
   To free all those who trust in him
   From Satan's pow'r and might>
   O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy;
   O tidings of comfort and joy!
  
   The shepherds at those tidings
   Rejoiced much in mind,
   And left their flocks a-feeding
   In tempest, storm and wind
   And went to Bethlehem straightaway
   This blessed babe to find
   O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy;
   O tidings of comfort and joy!
  
   But when to Bethlehem they came
   Whereat this infant lay
   They found him in a manger
   Where oxen feed on hay
   His mother Mary kneeling
   Unto the Lord did pray
   O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy;
   O tidings of comfort and joy!
  
   To the Lord sing praises
   All you within this place
   And with true love and brotherhood
   Each other now embrace
   The holy tide of Christmas
   All others doth deface
   O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy;
   O tidings of comfort and joy!