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A CHRISTMAS CAROL.
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:
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- Now all your sorrows He doth heal, your sins He takes away;
- For Jesus Christ, our Saviour, was born on Christmas‐day.
