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
Oh, tidings [bad word] and joy
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Oh, tidings [bad word] and joy

In Bethlehem, in Israel,
This blessed babe was born
And laid within a manger,
Upon a Christmas morn'
That which his mother Mary
Did nothing take in scorn
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Oh, tidings [bad word] and joy

From God, our heavenly father,
blessed angel came
And unto certain shepherds 
Brought tidings of the same
How that in Bethlehem was born
The son of God by name
Oh, tidings [bad word] and joy,
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Oh, tidings [bad word] and joy