God rest you, merry Gentlemen -- Urtext

(Anonymous)

An English Christmas carol from the 18th century (Intermediate)!

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Difficulty level : Grade 6/12

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GOD REST YOU, MERRY GENTLEMEN -- URTEXT

(God rest ye merry, Gentlemen - God rest you merry, Gentlemen)
Composer :	(Anonymous)	Opus/catalog number :
Movements :	Christmas carol	Composition/First publication :	18th century
Instrumentation :	Piano	Style :	Christmas Hymns & Carols
Key :	E minor	Duration :	00:45
Edition :	Urtext (ed. M.A. Caux)	Difficulty :	Grade 6/12

Sources :

Words and music : Anonymous, God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen, 18th century.

Program Notes :

Source : Rev. Henry Ramsden Bramley and Sir John Stainer, Christmas Carols New and Old (London : Novello, Ewer & Co., ca 1871).

This score is an Urtext reproduction of Bramley and Stainer's edition from ca 1871.

For your greater enjoyment, this sheet music includes the complete lyrics in English (7 verses and chorus).

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God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen

1. God rest you 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.

Chorus

O tidings of comfort and joy,
Comfort and joy,
O tidings of comfort and joy.

2. In Bethlehem, in Jewry,
This blessed Babe was born,
And laid within a manger,
Upon this blessed Morn;
The which His Mother Mary,
Did nothing take in scorn.
O tidings, etc.

3. 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, etc.

4. 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 power and might.
O tidings, etc.

5. The shepherds at those tidings,
Rejoiced much in mind,
And left their flocks a-feeding,
In tempest, storm, and wind :
And went to Bethlehem staightway,
The Son of God to find.
O tidings, etc.

6. And when they came to Bethlehem,
Where our dear Saviour lay,
They found Him in a manger,
Where oxen feed on hay;
His Mother Mary kneeling down,
Unto the Lord did pray.
O tidings, etc.

7. 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, etc.

Source : Bramley and Stainer, Christmas Carols New and Old (London : Novello, Ewer & Co., ca 1871). Carol 1.