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God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen", also known as "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 song contains a musical quotation of the Christmas hymn "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen", included by Ingle because he "wanted to touch the spiritual."The song's structure and drum solo refer to the Congolese Christian Missa Luba, which Erik Brann introduced to the group.
Both of the tunes used in "Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24" were in the public domain in 1995: "Shchedryk" was released in 1918 (although the English lyrics to "Carol of the Bells," dating to 1936, were still under copyright and were not included in the recording), while "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" dated back several centuries.
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A lyric from the Christmas carol God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen; Comfort and Joy, directed by Bill Forsyth Comfort and Joy, soundtrack album to the film; Comfort and Joy, starring Nancy McKeon "Comfort and Joy" (Justice League episode), an episode of the animated series; Comfort & Joy, an album by a cappella group Rockapella
The next Christmas the song was released again, with "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" as the flip side. [4] The same recorded version was released in the United Kingdom by HMV, [5] with the flip side "Tina Marie". This recording has appeared on many compilation albums over the years and remains a Christmas radio regular.
William Sandys (1792 – 18 February 1874) (pronounced "Sands") was an English solicitor, member of the Percy Society, fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, and remembered for his publication Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern (London, Richard Beckley, 1833), a collection of seasonal carols that Sandys had gathered and also apparently improvised.
He is soon joined by his comrades, and the sound of their carol fills the empty fields devastated by war. When they finish, some of the British soldiers from Kent sing "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen," after which the Germans sing "Stille Nacht". The British soldiers accompany them, singing in English, "and in two tongues one song filled up the sky."