GOD
REST YE MERRY GENTLEMAN
NAT
KING COLE
SONGWRITER: DAVID WILCOCKS
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: THE MAGIC OF CHRISTMAS
LABEL: CAPITOL RECORDS
GENRE: CHRISTMAS SONG
YEAR: 1960
Nathaniel Adams Coles(March 17, 1919–February
15, 1965), known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American singer, jazz
pianist, and actor. He
recorded over 100 songs that became hits on the pop charts. His trio was the
model for small jazz ensembles that followed. Cole also
acted in films and on television and performed on Broadway. He was
the first African-American man to host an American television series. He was the father of
singer-songwriter Natalie Cole(1950–2015).
"God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen" is
an English traditional Christmas carol. It is
in the Roxburghe Collection(iii.
452), and is listed as nº 394 in the Roud Folk
Song Index. It is also known as "Tidings
of Comfort and Joy", and by other variant incipits.
The Magic of Christmas is a 1960 album by Nat King Cole,
arranged and conducted by Ralph Carmichael.
This was Cole's only complete album of Christmas songs,
although he had recorded several holiday singles earlier in his career. One of
these, "The Christmas Song",
originally recorded in 1946, was re-recorded for the 1961 album The Nat King
Cole Story
It is the best-selling Christmas album
released in the 1960s, and was certified by the RIAA for shipments
of 6 million copies in the U.S. The 1963 version reached number 1 on Billboard's
Christmas Albums chart and remained for two weeks.
God rest ye merry,
gentlemen, let nothing you dismay
Remember, Christ our Savior was born on Christmas day
To save us all 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 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 of comfort and joy
Comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy
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
O tidings of comfort and joy
Comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy.
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