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Loreena McKennitt lyrics - God Rest Ye Merry,Gentlemen

album: A Winter Garden (1995)
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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 shepherds 
Brought tidings of the same 
How in that 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 saviour 
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 straightaway 
This blessed babe to find 
O tidings of comfort and joy, 
comfort and joy; 
O tidings of comfort and joy! 

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 
O tidings of comfort and joy, 
comfort and joy; 
O tidings of comfort and joy! 

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 
O tidings of comfort and joy, 
comfort and joy; 
O tidings of comfort and joy!