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【Choir】№14 God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen ╬ Carols from King's College, Cambridge 2013 ※ MUSIC FROM: English Traditional ※ Published by: William B. Sandys (1833) ※ Lyrics from: Charles Dickens' …More
【Choir】№14 God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen ╬ Carols from King's College, Cambridge 2013

※ MUSIC FROM: English Traditional
※ Published by: William B. Sandys (1833)
※ Lyrics from: Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol
※ Arranged by: David Willcocks
※ Genre: Sacred, Christmas carol, Hymn
※ Number of voices: 4vv
※ Voicing: SATB
※ Language: English
※ Choir of: King's College, Cambridge (2013)
※ Directed by: Stephen Cleobury

§ Lyrics §

[All]
God rest you merry, gentlemen,
Let nothing you dismay,
For Jesus Christ our Saviour
Was born upon this day,
To save us all from Satan’s power
When we were gone astray:
O tidings of comfort and joy.

[Choir]
From God our heavenly Father
A blessèd 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 of comfort and joy.

[All]
The shepherds at those tidings
Rejoicèd much in mind,
And left their flocks a-feeding
In tempest, storm, and wind,
And went to Bethlehem straightway
This blessèd Babe to find:
O tidings of comfort and joy.

[Choir]
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.

[All]
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.