God rest ye merry gentlemen, let nothing you dismay Remember Christ, our Savior 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 (comfort and joy) O tidings of comfort and joy ♪ In Bethlehem, in Israel, this blessed Babe was born And laid within a manger upon this blessed morn The which His mother Mary did nothing take in scorn 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 shepherds brought tidings of the same How that in Bethlehem was born, the Son of God by name O tidings of 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 straightway, the Son of God to find O tidings of comfort and joy 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 (comfort and joy) O tidings of comfort and joy Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah O comfort and joy