God rest ye 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.
O tidings [bad word] and [bad word] and joy,
O 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.
O tidings [bad word] and [bad word] and joy,
O tidings [bad word] and joy.

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.
O tidings [bad word] and [bad word] and joy,
O tidings [bad word] and joy.