Let nothing you dismay, For Jesus Christ our Saviour Was born on Christmas-day, To save us all from Satan's pow'r When we were gone astray: O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy, O tidings of comfort and joy. 2. In Bethlehem, in Israel,:2 This blessed Babe was born, And laid within a manger Upon this blessed morn, The which His Mother Mary Did nothing take in scorn: O tidings ... 3.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 ... 4. 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 ... 5. 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 ... 6. "Fear not," said the Angel "Let nothing you affright. This day is born a Saviour Of the pure Virgin bright. To free all those who trust in Him From Satan's pow'r and might": O tidings ... 7. 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:3 O tidings ... — Carols for Choirs