Day Six

God rest you merry, gentlemen,

Let nothing you dismay,

For Jesus Christ, our Savior,

Was born upon this day

To save us all from Satan's power

When we were gone astray.

Refrain:

O tidings of comfort and joy,

comfort and joy;

O tidings of comfort and joy!

In Bethlehem in Judea

This blessed Babe was born,

And laid within a manger

Upon this blessed morn;

The which his mother Mary

Nothing did take in scorn. Refrain

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. Refrain

'Fear not,' then said the angel,

'Let nothing you affright;

This day is born a Savior

Of virtue, power and might,

So frequently to vanquish all

The friends of Satan quite.' Refrain

The shepherds at these tidings

Rejoiced much in mind,

And left their flocks a-feeding

In tempest, storm and wind,

And went to Bethlehem straightway

This blessed Babe to find. Refrain

But when to Bethlehem they came,

Whereat this Infant lay,

They found him in a manger

Where oxen fed on hay;

His mother Mary, kneeling,

Unto the Lord did pray. Refrain

Now to the Lord sing praises,

All you within this place,

And with true love and brotherhood

Each other now embrace.

The holy tide of Christmas

All others doth efface. Refrain