God rest you merry gentlemen
Let nothing you dismay;
Remember Christ our Saviour
Was born upon this day
To save us all from Satan’s pow’r
When we were gone astray.
O tidings, O tidings of comfort and joy
For Jesus Christ our Saviour
Was born on Christmas Day

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, O tidings of comfort and joy
For Jesus Christ our Saviour
Was born on Christmas Day

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 other doth deface.
O tidings, O tidings of comfort and joy
For Jesus Christ our Saviour
Was born on Christmas Day

Words: trad.
Arr. Berj Topalian