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God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (or God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen) is a traditional Christmas Carol. It is popular at Christmas time in many Western cultures. It was published in 1815, though was sung previously before this date. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen is known as one of the oldest Christmas carols known. The hymn was first printed in 1760, but it wasn't until William B. Sandy included a translation of it in his book Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern that it became well known (1833). It has also been used in a number of hymnals and carol collections. 'God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen' is a cheerful song about the birth of Jesus that has an energetic melody. Many religious songs in the 15th century were gloomy and bleak, offering little inspiration or excitement. This song may have surprised church officials, but it definitely encouraged the people. The carol became a favourite in the Christian community after crossing the ocean to Europe and America, and it is now sung in almost the same way it was hundreds of years earlier. Gold bauble lights, holly, ivy, and winter greenery make up this Christmas flora. This is a widely overlooked carol in several ways. Half of the issue is punctuation, and another part is the use of obsolete terms like 'rest' and 'merry.' In early modern English, the adjective Merry had a broader sense of prosperous, good, or cheerful, and the word Rest meant to hold or produce. The phrase may be rephrased as 'God grant you peace, gentlemen' or 'God grant you pleasure, gentle ones.' A popular reference to the song can be found in Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol.'


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God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen - Traditional Choir

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-OFFICIAL VIDEO- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Pentatonix

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