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 
 
From God our heav’nly 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 
Comfort and joy 
O tidings of comfort and joy

“Fear not, then,” said the angel
“Let nothing you affright
This day is born a Savior 
Of a pure 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 straightway
The Son of God to find 
O tidings of comfort and joy 
Comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy