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God rest you merry, gentlemen, let nothing you dismay
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For Jesus Christ our Saviour was born upon this 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, comfort and joy
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O tidings of comfort and joy
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From God our heavenly 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, comfort and joy
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O tidings of comfort and joy
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The shepherds at those tidings rejoiced much in mind
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And left their flocks a-feeding in tempest, storm and wind
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And went to Bethlehem straightway this blessed Babe to find
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O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy
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O tidings of comfort and joy
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But when to Bethlehem they came whereat this Infant lay
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They found Him in a manger where oxen feed on hay
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His mother Mary kneeling unto the Lord did pray
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O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy
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O tidings of comfort and joy
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Now to the Lord sing praises, all you within this place
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And with true love and brotherhood each other now embrace
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This holy tide of Christmas all other doth deface
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O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy
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O tidings of comfort and joy
