Merry Gentlemen

from Carols for Solstice by The Silver Twiglets

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Now make ye merry, gentlemen Let winter not dismay For the sure sun does now return Upon this very day To keep us all from dark and cold He has not gone away Chorus: O tidings of comfort and joy, Comfort and joy, O tidings of comfort and joy! Now make ye merry, ladies Let darkness not affright For the sure sun does now return So strong and bold and bright To keep us all from dark and cold He has his manly might Now make ye merry, bachelors Let need not numb your mind For the sure sun does now return In fire and flesh and wine To keep us all from dark and cold He has a way to find Now make ye merry, maidens Let damp not spoil your lay For the sure sun does now return You'll dance upon the hay To keep us all from dark and cold He'll give you what you pray
Now make ye merry, children Let fear not you beguile For the sure sun does now return You'll eat and play and smile To keep us all from dark and cold There's presents for each child Now to the sun sing praises All you within this place and like a loving company Each other do embrace the heart felt time of the New Year are drawing on apace

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from Carols for Solstice, released December 21, 1997
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Elder Bard of Ynys Witrin
Silver on the Tree
Avalonian Free State Choir
Invisible Opera
The Silver Twiglets
The Archetypes
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