new verses for an old carol

That cracking carol God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen has one great verse (the first one) and the rest is filler. I'm proposing some new verses to go with the good one as follows.





God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

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 had gone astray
Oh tidings of comfort and joy
Comfort and joy
Oh tidings of comfort and joy

Rejoice ye village children
Your joy is in the morn
This is the day when Christ the Lord
Our saviour was born
Your lives will sing in praise of him
Your hopes, your tears, your play
Oh tidings of comfort and joy
Comfort and joy
Oh tidings of comfort and joy

God grace ye pretty maidens
You are a gift of life
The holy one of Israel
Is with us here tonight
You are the crown of his creation
On this holy day
Oh tidings of comfort and joy
Comfort and joy
Oh tidings of comfort and joy