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!
  
  From God our Heavenly Father
  A blessed angel came
  And unto certain shepherdsBrought tidings of the same
  How in that Bethlehem was born
  The son of God by name
  
  "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 pow'r and might"
  
  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
  
  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
  
  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