{
  "title": "O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy",
  "author": "",
  "tune": "",
  "number": "160",
  "lyrics": "God rest you merry, gentlemen,\nLet nothing you dismay,\nRemember Christ our Saviour\nWas born on Christmas day,\nTo save us all from Satan's power\nWhen we were gone astray;\n\nO tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy,\nO tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy.\n\nFrom God our heav'nly Father,\nA blessed angel came;\nAnd unto certain shepherds\nBrought tidings of the same:\nHow that in Bethlehem was born\nThe son of God by name.\n\n'Fear not then,' said the angel,\n'Let nothing you affright,\nThis day is born a Saviour\nOf a pure virgin bright,\nTo free all those who trust in him\nFrom Satan's power and might.'\n\nThe shepherds at those tidings\nRejoiced much in mind,\nAnd left their flocks afeeding,\nIn tempest, storm, and wind:\nAnd went to Bethlehem straightway,\nThe Son of God to find.",
  "first_line": "God rest you merry, gentlemen,"
}