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