Then rejoice and be you merry, We have blessings in store. And therefore be you merry, Rejoice and be you merry, Set sorrows away, Christ Jesus our Saviour Our Lord he was born Of a virgin most pure, Within a poor stable Both safe and secure. He was guarded most safely Who told three poor shepherds Those things in the night. 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. And therefore, &c. And when those three shepherds Then in they did run, Where they found blessed Mary With Jesus her Son: There they found our Lord sleeping, And thus they begun. And therefore, &c. With the sweetest Hallelujah In the clouds of the air Then this host they did sing, And therefore, &c. Then well may we Christians, Rejoice and be glad For sweet Jesus his birth, Then let all the nation Sing praise to his name. With true zeal and honour Let us joyfully sing, To our heavenly King; To our heavenly Father, That remaineth above, And to our dear Saviour, That redeem'd us with love. FINIS. RICHARDS, PRINTER, ST. MARTIN'S LANF. |