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A CHRISTMAS CAROL, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: God rest ye, merry gentlemen; let nothing you dismay
Last Line: For jesus christ, our saviour, was born on christmas-day.
Alternate Author Name(s): Mulock, Dinah Maria
Subject(s): Christmas Carols


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.






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