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Text:God rest you merry, gentlemen
Tune:GOD REST YOU MERRY

318. God rest you merry, gentlemen

Text Information
First Line: God rest you merry, gentlemen
Refrain First Line: O tidings of comfort and joy
Meter: Irregular
Language: English
Publication Date: 2004
Topic: Jesus Christ: His Birth
Source: Traditional, possibly 18th-century; Adapt.: Jubilate Hymns
Copyright: Adapt. © Jubilate Hymns
Tune Information
Name: GOD REST YOU MERRY
Meter: Irregular
Key: e minor
Source: English traditional (London); Arr.: Compilers of Church Hymnary, 3rd ed., 1973



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