God Give Ye Merry Christmas Tide

God give ye mer­ry Christ­mas tide

Ye gen­tle peo­ple all!

And in your mer­ry mak­ing may

No ev­il chance befall;

Rejoice! for once at Beth­le­hem

While shep­herds knelt to pray

Our bless­èd Mas­ter

Je­sus Christ

Was born on Christ­mas day;

Our bless­èd Mas­ter

Je­sus Christ

Was born on Christ­mas day.

Ye hang the twin­ing win­ter-green

The glad home fires ye light

And cheery Mer­ry Christ­mas keep

With hearts and voic­es bright;

But in a stall at Beth­le­hem

Where sim­ple shep­herds pray

Our bless­èd Mas­ter

Je­sus Christ

Was born on Christ­mas day;

Our bless­èd Mas­ter

Je­sus Christ

Was born on Christ­mas day.

The win­try wind blows chill against

The ho­vel’s creak­ing door;

Hard by the earth the driv­en snow

Lies drift­ed on the floor.

And cheer­less once at Beth­le­hem

The lowly man­ger lay

Where Je­sus Christ

our bless­èd Lord

Was born on Christ­mas day

Where Je­sus Christ

our bless­èd Lord

Was born on Christ­mas day.

God give ye mer­ry Christ­mas-tide

And give ye all to see

How bless­èd ’tis to give and know

The grace of char­ity;

Rejoice! for once at Beth­le­hem

To give His life away

Our bless­èd Mas­ter

Je­sus Christ

Was born on Christ­mas day;

Our blessèd Mas­ter

Je­sus Christ

Was born on Christ­mas day.