Angels we have heard on high
Sweetly singing o’er the plains
And the mountains in reply
Echoing their joyous strains
Gloria, in excelsis Deo (x2)
Shepherds, why this jubilee?
Why your joyous strains prolong?
What the gladsome tidings be
Which inspire your heavenly song?
Gloria, in excelsis Deo (x2)
See him in a manger laid,
Whom the choirs of angels praise.
Mary, Joseph, lend your aid
While our hearts in love we raise
Gloria, in excelsis Deo (x2)
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 were gone astray.
O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy
From God our heav’nly Father
a blessed angel came
and unto certain shepherds
brought tidings of the same;
how that in Bethlehem was born
the Son of God by name.
O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy
Now to the Lord sing praises,
All you within this place,
And with true love and brotherhood
Each other now embrace;
This holy tide of Christmas
All other doth deface.
O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy
Deck the Hall
Deck the hall with boughs of holly, Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la!
‘Tis the season to be jolly, Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la!
Don we now our gay apparel, Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la!
Troll the ancient Yuletide carol, Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la!
See the blazing yule before us, Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la!
Strike the harp and join the chorus, Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la!
Follow me in merry measure, Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la!
While I tell of Yuletide treasure, Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la!
Fast away the old year passes, Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la!
Hail the new, ye lads and lasses, Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la!
Sing we joyous all together, Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la!
Heedless of the wind and weather, Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la!