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 pow r when we were gone astray o tidings of comfort and joy o tidings of comfort and joy comfort and joy the shepherds came to bethlehem where where our dear saviour lay they found him in a manger where oxen feed on hay his mother mary kneeling down unto the lord did pray o tidings of comfort and joy 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 o tidings of comfort and joy o tidings of comfort and joy