God Rest Ye Merry
Gentlemen
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Verse 1
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God rest ye merry, gentlemen let nothing you dismay
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Remember Christ our Savior was born on Christmas Day
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To save us all from Satan's pow'r when we were gone a-stray
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O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy! O tidings of comfort and
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Verse 2
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In Bethlehem, in Israel, this blessed Babe was born,
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and laid within a manger upon this blessed morn
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To which His Mother Mar-y did nothing take in scorn.
Verse 3
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From God our heavenly Father a blessed angel came
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and unto certain shepherds brought tidings of the same
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How that in Bethlehem was born the Son of God by name