Couplet 1

God rest ye merry gentlemen
Let nothing you dismay
Remember Christ our Savior
Was born on Christmas Day
To save us all from Satan's power
When we were gone astray

Refrain

Oh tidings of comfort and joy
Comfort and joy
Oh tidings of comfort and joy

Couplet 2

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

Refrain

O tidings of comfort and joy
Comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy

Couplet 3

Fear not then said the Angel
Let nothing you affright
This day is born a Savior
Of a pure Virgin bright
To free all those who trust in Him
From Satan's pow'r and might

Refrain

O tidings of comfort and joy
Comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy

Couplet 4

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
The Son of God to find

Refrain

O tidings of comfort and joy
Comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy