TUNE -- "God rest ye, merry gentleman." GOD rest ye, merry gentlemen; let nothing you dismay, For Jesus Christ, our Saviour, was born on Christmas-day. The dawn rose red o'er Bethlehem, the stars shone through the gray, When Jesus Christ, our Saviour, was born on Christmas-day. God rest ye, little children; let nothing you affright, For Jesus Christ, your Saviour, was born this happy night; Along the hills of Galilee the white flocks sleeping lay, When Christ, the Child of Nazareth, was born on Christmas-day. God rest ye, all good Christians; upon this blessed morn The Lord of all good Christians was of a woman born: Now all your sorrows He doth heal, your sins He takes away; For Jesus Christ, our Saviour, was born on Christmas-day. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE VILLAIN by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES ALASKA by CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER FANCIES AT NAVESINK: 2 by WALT WHITMAN THE VOW OF WASHINGTON by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER THE CLOAK, THE BOAT, AND THE SHOES by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS SUMMER NIGHT, RIVERSIDE by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS |