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God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

from Bride of the Wintertide by Rowan : Morrison

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    The third album in the trilogy of winter themed albums (following on from Silent Night Songs for a Cold Winter's Evening and Fields of Frost).
    A collection of songs ranging from carols, new and traditional folksong, a Christmas pop song, a song for Plough Monday, and more beside.
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    Songs 4,6, 7,10 - MillerSounds
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This our take on the traditional carol that can be traced back to as far as, if not further than, the 16th century. One of our favourite traditional carols, and a very good excuse to dig out the zither.

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God rest you merry, gentlemen,
Let nothing you dismay,
For Jesus Christ our Saviour
Was born this Christmas day,
To save poor souls 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 heavenly Father
The blessed angels came,
And unto certain shepherds
Glad tidings of the same,
That he was born in Bethlehem
The Son of God by name:
O tidings of comfort and joy,
comfort and joy,
O tidings of comfort and joy.

The shepherds at those tidings
Rejoiced much in mind,
And left their flocks a' feeding
In tempest, storm and wind,
And went to Bethlehem straightway,
This blessed Babe to find
O tidings of comfort and joy,
comfort and joy,
O tidings of comfort and joy.

But when to Bethlehem they came,
Whereat this Infant lay,
They found Him in a manger,
Where oxen feed on hay;
His mother Mary kneeling,
Unto the Lord did pray.
O tidings of comfort and joy,
comfort and joy,
O tidings of comfort and joy.

Now to the Lord sing praises,
All ye within this place,
And with true love and brotherhood
Each other now embrace;
For the merry time of Christmas
is coming on a' pace
O tidings of comfort and joy,
comfort and joy,
O tidings of comfort and joy.

God rest you merry, gentlemen,
Let nothing you dismay,
For Jesus Christ our Saviour
Was born this Christmas day,
To save poor souls from Satan's power
When we were gone astray:
Glad tidings of comfort and joy,
comfort and joy,
Glad tidings of comfort and joy.
Glad tidings of comfort and joy.
Glad tidings of comfort and joy.

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from Bride of the Wintertide, released December 10, 2021
from Bride of the Wintertide, releases December 10, 2021
Vocals sung and arranged by Angeline Morrison.
Music arranged and played by Stephen Stannard.
Mixed and Produced by Stephen.

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Angeline Morrison and The Ambassadors of Sorrow

"Bewitching and otherworldly... Morrison's voice is eerily confiding, strangely present, insistent even at its quietest" Folk Radio UK.

Believing in the beauty of sad songs, weaving folk, soul and beat sounds of the '60s into a tapestry of the human heart. Homespun sounds that reside in a nostalgic universe.

"Dark, unsettling folk that verges on the hymnal" BBC Introducing. ... more

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