{"id":5175,"date":"2021-12-12T00:19:50","date_gmt":"2021-12-12T00:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=5175"},"modified":"2026-02-10T23:23:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T23:23:15","slug":"god-rest-ye-merry-gentlemen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/god-rest-ye-merry-gentlemen\/","title":{"rendered":"God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"},"content":{"rendered":"

bill chase https:\/\/youtu.be\/xRtUGkj6Ta8<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

(D) 1760<\/p>\n

God [Em] rest ye merry gentlemen, \r\nlet [C] nothing you dis- [B7] -may\r\n<\/strong>Re- [Em] -member Christ our Savior \r\nwas [C] born on Christmas [B7] Day.\u00a0 \r\n\r\nTo [Am] save us all from [G] Satan's pow'r, \r\nwhen [Em] we were gone a- [D] -stray\r\n<\/strong>Oh [G] tidings of [B7] comfort and [Em] joy.\u00a0 \r\nComfort and [D] joy.\u00a0 \r\nOh [G] tidings of [B7] comfort and [Em] joy\r\n<\/strong><\/span><\/pre>\n
IN BETHLEHEM, IN ISRAEL\r\nTHIS BLESSED BABE WAS BORN AND LAID WITHIN A MANGER UPON THIS BLESSED MORN\r\nON WHICH HIS MOTHER MARY DID NOTHING TAKE IN SCORN\r\n\r\nCHORUS\r\n\r\nFEAR NOT THEN, SAID THE ANGEL LET NOTHING YOU AFFRIGHT THIS DAY IS BORN A SAVIOR\r\nOF A PURE VIRGIN BRIGHT\r\n\r\nTO FREE ALL THOSE WHO TRUST IN HIM FROM SATAN'S POW'R AND MIGHT<\/span><\/pre>\n
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125. GOD REST YE MERRY, GENTLEMEN
\n[TRADITIONAL – 16TH CENTURY] 1760
\nGOD RESTYE MERRY, GENTLEMEN,
\nLET NOTHING YOU DISMAY.
\nREMEMBER CHRIST OUR SAVIOR
\nWAS BORN ON CHRISTMAS DAY,
\nTO SAVE US ALL FROM SATAN\u2019S POWER
\nWHEN WE WERE GONE ASTRAY.
\nCHORUS
\nOH TIDINGS OF COMFORT AND JOY,
\nCOMFORT AND JOY.
\nOH TIDINGS OF COMFORT AND JOY.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
bill chase https:\/\/youtu.be\/xRtUGkj6Ta8 (D) 1760 God [Em] rest ye merry gentlemen, let [C] nothing you dis- [B7] -may Re- [Em] -member Christ our Savior was [C] born on Christmas [B7] Day.\u00a0 To [Am] save us all from [G] Satan’s pow’r, when [Em] we were gone a- [D] -stray Oh [G] … CLICK TO VIEW SONGGod Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,11,116,117,115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-x-bill-chase","category-christmas","category-live-baritone","category-live-piano","category-live-tenor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5175"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29842,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5175\/revisions\/29842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}