2018 - God rest you merry, gentlemen English broadside carol arr. Shane Raman (b. 1978)
from Christmas Reprise XVIII by Vancouver Cantata Singers
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This carol text from an early 19th-century English broadsheet was widely distributed by William Sandys’s Christmas Carols: Ancient and Modern (1833). For years, the carol was sung to the gentry (“gentlemen”) by town watchmen eager to add a few extra coins to their purses during the Christmas season. The tune heard today was first published in Ralph Dunstan’s Cornish Song Book (1929) and has been arranged with beautifully energized rhythms by one of our choir’s alumni, Shane Raman.
lyrics
God rest you merry, gentlemen,
Let nothing you dismay.
Remember 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!
In Bethlehem, in Jewry
This blessed babe was born,
And laid within a manger
Upon this blessed morn;
The which his mother Mary
Did nothing take in scorn.
From God our heavenly 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.
“Fear not,” then said the angel,
“Let nothing you affright.
This day is born a Saviour
Of a Virgin bright,
To free all those who trust in Him
From Satan’s pow’r and might.”
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.
Let nothing you dismay.
Remember 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!
In Bethlehem, in Jewry
This blessed babe was born,
And laid within a manger
Upon this blessed morn;
The which his mother Mary
Did nothing take in scorn.
From God our heavenly 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.
“Fear not,” then said the angel,
“Let nothing you affright.
This day is born a Saviour
Of a Virgin bright,
To free all those who trust in Him
From Satan’s pow’r and might.”
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.
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from Christmas Reprise XVIII,
released November 22, 2022
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Vancouver Cantata Singers Vancouver, British Columbia
Vancouver Cantata Singers is a multi-award-winning, semi-professional choral ensemble in Vancouver, B.C.
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Known for technical virtuosity, fine blend and exceptionally high performance standards, the choir also commissions new works from critically acclaimed composers which have led to extremely successful and innovative collaborations with regional and international artists and ensembles.
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