"God rest you merry Gentlemen"

X:7
T:"God rest you merry Gentlemen"
T:From Christmas Carols Ancient & Modern by Wm Sandys FSA
S: Janet Blunt Manuscript Collection (JHB/18/1)
Z: Taz Tarry, 16/05/2016
N: Additional text in at top of left margin:7, Words page 76 - MSS
N: Page number in top right margin: 780
Z: Bar 3 in Alto line has minim in mss.  I've corrected this to a semebreve to match the same bar in the bass line
M:C
L:1/4
K:Eb
V:T1 clef=treble
V:B1 middle=d clef=bass
[V:T1]e| e c B A| G2 F2 | E4| c2 B e | d2 d2 | e4||
w:God rest you mer-ry Gen-tle-men. Let no-thing you dis-may.
[V:B1] e| e e g a |  b2 B2 | [e4g4b4] | a2 g e | [B2d2f2] [B2d2f2] |[e4g4b4] ||
[V:T1] e2 B A | G F (GA) | B4 | e2 F A | (G A) B2 | E4|
w: For Je-sus Christ our Savi_our. Was born on Christ_mas Day.
[V:B1] e2 e f | g a (g f) | e4 | e2 A A | [e2g2] [e2g2] | [e4g4b4] |
[V:T1] e2 B A | G F (GA) | B4 | e2 F A | (G A) B2 | E3||
w: To save us all from Sa-tan's power, When we were gone_a-stray.
[V:B1] e2 e f | g a (g f) | e4 | e2 A A | [e2g2] [e2g2] | [e3g3b3] ||
[V:T1] z| (EF) G A | B3 z | (ed) c2 | B3 G | A B c d|
w:Oh!_ ti--dings Oh!_ Ti-dings of com-fort and of 
[V:B1] z | (gf) c2 | b3 z | e2 f2 | B3 e | a g f2|
[V:T1] e3 z | e2 B A | (GF)  (GA) | B3 z | e2 F A | 
w:joy. For Je-sus Christ our Savi_our Was born on
[V:B1] e3 z | e2 e f | (ef) g f| e3 z | e2 A A | 
[V:T1] (GA) B2 | E3 ||
w:Christ_mas Day.
[V:B1] [e2g2] [e2g2] | [e3g3b3] |

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