| Lyrics: | Come rejoice, all good Christians,
And rejoice now, I pray,
For joy our Redeemer
Was
born on this day,
In the city of David,
And a cottage so poor:
Then rejoice and be your
merry,
We have blessings in store.
Chorus
And therefore be your merry,
Rejoice
and be your merry,
Set sorrows away,
Christ Jesus our Saviour
Was born on this
day.
Our Lord he was born
Of a Virgin most pure,
Within a poor stable
Both safe
and secure.
He was guarded most safely
With Angels so bright,
Who told three poor
Shepherds
Those things in the night. Chorus
They said, Be not fearful,
But to
Bethlehem go:
Then rejoice and be chearful,
For 'tis certainly so.
For a young Son to
Joseph
Is in Bethlehem born:
Then rejoice, all good Christians,
And cease for to mourn.
Chorus
And when those three Shepherds
Did to Bethlehem come,
And arrived at the
stable,
Then in they did run,
Where they found blessed Mary
With Jesus her
Son:
There they found our Lord sleeping,
And thus they begun. Chorus
With the
sweetest Hallelujah
The Heavens did rejoice,
With the Saints and the Angels,
And all
with sweet voice,
Crying Glory and honour
To our Heavenly King,
In the clouds of the
air
Then this Host they did sing. Chorus
Then well may we Christians,
That dwell on
the earth,
Rejoice and be glad
For sweet Jesus his birth,
Who brought us
salvation,
If we mind but the same:
Then let all in the nation
Sing praise to his name.
Chorus
With true zeal and honour
Let us joyfully sing,
In praise of our
salvation,
To our Heavenly King;
To our Heavenly Father,- |
