![]() ![]() The words have been put to several tunes over the years, the oldest and most common of which may have its origins in a dance named "Chestnut (or Doves Figary)", first published in John Playford's The English Dancing Master (1651). Verse 1 Em C B7 God rest you merry, gentlemen, let nothing you dismay Em C B7 For Jesus Christ our Saviour was born upon this day Am G Em D To save us all. Charles Dickens mentioned it in his novella "A Christmas Carol" (1843). A 1917 Edison Records recording of 'God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen' I wanted to try and get some Christmas music ready well in advance to help Wikipedias celebration of Christmas. By the early 1700s, the carol was beginning to be printed in broadsides (with "God rest you merry Gentlemen" as the first line) and by the turn of the century into the 1800s, the carol had become very popular and well-known. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen. Display Title: God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen First Line: God rest you merry, gentlemen Tune Title: GOD REST YOU MERRY Meter: 86 86 86 with refrain Date: 2019 Subject: Seasonal Music Christmas Source: Trad. The words are recognisably those of the carol, although the first line is "Sit you merry Gentlemen". ![]() While some sources (without much evidence) date the carol to the 16th century or even earlier, the earliest known text is in a handwritten volume of recusant verse and prose associated with Jesuit families in Warwickshire that was assembled in the 1650s. Christmas songs God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen and Fum, Fum, Fum are combined in what will become an audience favorite. Traditional English carol whose origins are unknown. ![]()
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