Anonymous Americas

Here you will find the Poem God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen of poet Anonymous Americas

God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen

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,
 For Jesus Christ our Saviour was born on Christmas day.
 In Bethlehem in Jury
 This blessed babe was born,
 And laid within a manger
 Upon this blessed morn;
 The which his mother Mary
 Nothing did take in scorn.
 O tidings of comfort and joy,
 Jesus Christ our Saviour was born on Christmas day.
 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 of comfort and joy,
 Jesus Christ our Saviour was born on Christmas day.

 Fear not, then said the Angel,
 Let nothing you affright,
 This day is born a Saviour
 Of virtue, power and might;
 So frequently to vanquish all
 The friends of Satan quite.
 O tidings of comfort and joy,
 Jesus Christ our Saviour was born on Christmas day.

 The Shepherds at those tidings
 Rejoiced much in mind,
 And left their flocks a feeding
 In tempest, storm and wind,
 And went to Bethlehem straightway,
 This blessed babe to find.
 O tidings of comfort and joy,
 Jesus Christ our Saviour was born on Christmas day.

 But when to Bethlehem they came,
 Whereas 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,
 Jesus Christ our Saviour was born on Christmas day.

 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,
 Jesus Christ our Saviour was born on Christmas day.