Let all that are to mirth inclined
   Consider well and bear in mind
   What our good God for us has done
   In sending his beloved Son
  
   For to redeem our souls from thrall
   Christ is the saviour of us all.
  
   The twenty-fifth day of December
   We have good cause to remember
   In Bethlehem upon that morn
   There was a blessed Messiah born
  
   But mark how all things came to pass
   The inn and lodgings filled was
   That they could find no room at all
   But in a straw-filled oxes stall.
  
   For to redeem our souls from thrall
   Christ is the saviour of us all.
  
   Near Bethlehem some shepherds keep
   Their flocks and herds of feeding sheep
   To whom God's angels did appear
   Which put the shepherds in great fear
  
   With thankful heart and joyful mind
   The shepherds went this babe to find.
   And as the heavenly angel told
   They did our saviour Christ behold.
  
   For to redeem our souls from thrall
   Christ is the saviour of us all.
  
   Three eastern wise men from afar,
   Directed by a glorious star
   Came boldly on and made no stay,
   Until they came where Jesus lay.
  
   And being come unto that place
   Where the blessed Messiah was
   They humbly laid before his feet
   Their gifts of gold and incense sweet.
  
   For to redeem our souls from thrall
   Christ is the saviour of us all.
  
   See how the Lord of heaven and earth
   Shewd himself lowly in his birth;
   A sweet example for mankind
   To learn to bear an humble mind.
  
   For to redeem our souls from thrall
   Christ is the saviour of us all.
  
   Let all your songs and praises be
   Unto his heavenly majesty
   And evermore amongst our mirth
   Remember Christ our Saviour's birth.
  
   Let all that are to mirth inclined
   Consider well and bear in mind
   What our good God for us has done
   In sending his beloved Son
  
   For to redeem our souls from thrall
   Christ is the saviour of us all.