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God rest ye merry, gentlemen; let nothing you dismay,
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Remember Christ our Savior was born on Christmas Day,
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To save us all from Satan's pow'r when we were gone astray,
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O tidings of comfort and joy,
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comfort and joy,
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O tidings of comfort and joy,
(verse 2)
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In Bethlehem, in Israel, this blessed Babe was born,
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and laid within a manger upon this blessed morn,
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The which His Mother Mar-y did nothing take in scorn,
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O tidings of comfort and joy,
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comfort and joy,
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O tidings of comfort and joy,
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From God our heav'nly Father, a blessed angel came,
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And unto certain shepherds brought tidings of the same,
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How that in Bethlehem was born the Son of God by name,
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O tidings of comfort and joy,
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comfort and joy,
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O tidings of comfort and joy,
