Commissioned by the Mary Martha Singers of Bethany Lutheran College, Mankato, MN for the 2020 Christmas at Bethany Concerts
God Rest You Merry Traditional arr. Peter J. Durow
English Carol, 18th Century
# 2 F & 2 Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï
With Vigorous Validation h = 88
Soprano 1
God
Soprano 2
Alto 1
rest you mer - ry
# 2 Î & 2
·
# 2 Î & 2
·
gen - tle - men
(n)
F Î Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï
î
P ú Tid
·
P ú
·
Tid
5
S1
S2
A1
& &
#
Ï
rest
#
you
mer - ry
# F & ú
-
Ï Ï
dings
gen - tle - men
-
dings
ú
of
joy.
of
ú
# F & Ï Ï Ï Ï tid
nÏ Ï Ï Ï ú
w
tid
A2
Ï Ï Ï
joy.
Î
(n)
w
Ï
Ï
God
î
rest
ú
Tid
î
ú
Tid
dings of
-
Ï Ï
ú
com
ú
dings of
com
ú
Ï Ï Ï
you
-
-
mer - ry
Ï Ï
dings
of
Ï Ï
dings
of
God
gen - tle - men
Ï Ï
-
Ï
Ï Ï Ï Ï
rest you mer - ry
·
Î
ú
w
God
# 2 & 2 Î
Alto 2
Ï Ï Ï Ï
(n)
ú
-
fort,
ú
-
fort,
Î
f Ï
God
f nÏ Ï Ï Ï
gen - tle - men. God
Ï Ï Î
f Ï
joy.
God
Ï Ï Î
God
joy.
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2 9
S1
S2
A1
A2
& & & &
God Rest You Merry
#
Ï
rest
# # #
Ï
rest
Ï
Ï
Ï
you
Ï
mer - ry
Ï
Ï
you
Ï
mer - ry
Î
î
Ï Ï Ï Ï
gen - tle - men
Ï Ï Ï Ï
gen - tle - men
Î
î
rest
Ï
S1
S2
A1
A2
& & & &
#
Ï
Î
î
# #
Ï
Ï
Ï
Î
î
Je
ú. Je
Ï
Christ, our
Ï
Ï
Je - sus
ú.
Ï Ï
let
Je - sus
#
let
let
rest
13
let
-
-
Ï
Ï
Ï
Ï
Ï
noth - ing
noth - ing
you
Ï
Ï
Ï
Ï
Ï
Ï
Ï
Ï
Ï
Was
Ï
born
Ï
on
Ï
Christ, our
Sav
Ï
ú.
Christ,
Ï
Was
Ï
born
on
ú.
Ï
Ï
Ï
sus
Ï
sus
Christ,
ior,
Was
Ï
ú
dis - may,
noth - ing
Ï Ï Ï Ï -
Ï
ú
Ï
on
Was
you
Ï
born
on
you
Ï
Î
dis - may,
Ï
noth - ing
born
ior,
Ï
ú
Ï
Ï
-
you
Ï
Ï
Ï Ï Ï Ï
Sav
Ï
dis - may,
Ï
ú
dis - may,
Christ - mas
Christ - mas
Christ - mas
Christ - mas
ú Day
ú Day
ú Day
ú Day
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Ï
For
Î û ú
Ï
For
For
ðú
For
Î Ï To
Î Ï To
Î Ï To
Î Ï To
God Rest You Merry
# Ï Ï Ï Ï &
17
S1
save us
S2
A1
A2
all from
# Ï Ï Ï Ï & & &
#
save us
all from
ú.
Ï
#
save
us
# ú &
tid
A1
A2
# & ú & &
# #
Ï Ï Ï Ï
Ï Ï Ï Ï
Sat - an's pow'r When
we were gone a
ú.
Ï Ï Ï Ï
Ï
When
tid
ú
tid
ú
tid
all
Ï Ï
22
S2
we were gone a
all
us
-
ings
of
Ï Ï -
-
-
ings
of
Ï Ï
ings
of
Ï Ï
ings
of
Ï Ï Ï Ï
Sat - an's pow'r When
Ï Ï Ï Ï #Ï #Ï Ï Ï
save
S1
Ï Ï Ï Ï
When
Ï Ï Ï Ï
com
-
fort
and
Ï Ï Ï Ï
com
-
fort
and
we were gone a
we were gone a
Ï
Î
joy,
Ï
Î
joy,
Î
joy,
ú
Ï
Î
com
-
fort
and
Ï Ï
fort
and
-
O
Ï
F Î Ï Ï #Ï O
stray.
ú
stray.
joy,
-
ú
F O
Ï
stray.
Î
#Ï #Ï O
f Ï Î Ï Ï
Ï Ï Ï
com - fort and
joy;
O
Ï Ï Ï
joy;
O
Ï Ï Ï
com - fort and
Ï Î ú
joy;
O
Ï Ï Ï
joy;
O
com - fort and
Ï
-
-
ú.
F Ï Î Ï Ï
stray.
Ï Ï Ï Ï #ú #ú
Ï Ï Ï Ï
com
-
w
F Ï Î Ï Ï
com - fort and
f Ï Î Ï Ï f
f Î Ï ú
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4 26
S1
S2
A1
A2
&
God Rest You Merry
#
Ï
Ï
Ï
Ï
tid
-
dings
of
com
Ï
Ï
-
dings
Ï
of
Ï
com
Ï
Ï
ú
# Ï & & &
# #
tid
ú
tid
ú
tid
30
S1
S2
A1
& &
Ï
ings
-
#
of
Ï
of
com
ú
com
Ï
Ï
Ï
ú
-
fort
and
joy.
Ï
Ï
Ï
ú
-
fort
-
Ï
and
Î
fort
Î
fort
-
P ú P ú Tid
·
î
·
î
·
joy.
Tid
Ï
·
·
-
Ï
dings
Ï
-
Ï
Ï
î
dings
of
of
#
·
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·
î
f Î Ï
From
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Ï Ï
dings of
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·
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dings of
ú
î
joy.
Ï Ï
Tid - dings of
joy.
ú
ú
î
ú
Ï Ï
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f Ï Ï Î Ï joy.
Ï #Ï joy.
ú
com
ú
com
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ú
fort,
ú -
fort,
f Î Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï From
tid
A2
ings
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Ï
From
Î
f
Ï
From
God, our heav'n - ly
Ï
Ï Ï Ï
God, our heav'n - ly
ú.
God
ú.
God
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our
Ï
our
5
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S1
S2
A1
A2
& & & &
# # # #
Ï Ï Ï Ï
Fath
S1
S2
A1
A2
& & & &
#
Fath
ú
Fath
ú
-
# #
A
er,
A
Ï Ï
-
er,
-
Ï Ï
A
er,
A
bless - ed
of
bless - ed
of
bless - ed
of
bless - ed
the
the
the
Ï Ï Ï Ï
tid - ings
of
an - gel
Ï Ï Ï Ï
Ï Ï Ï Ï
tid - ings
an - gel
Ï Ï Ï Ï
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tid - ings
an - gel
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Ï Ï Ï Ï
tid - ings
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er,
Ï Ï Ï Ï
Fath
40
-
Ï Ï Ï Ï
the
ú same:
ú
an - gel
same:
came;
came;
And
came;
How
Î
Î û ú
ú
And
Ï
Ï Ï Ï
Ï
Ï Ï Ï
ú.
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un - to
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un - to
un
ú.
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to
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ú
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shep
shep
shep
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to
shep
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Ï
Ï
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And
that
P How
P
that
How
that
Ï
Ï
ðú
that
Ï
Ï
And
ú
P Î Ï
same:
ú
ú
How
Î
Î
came;
P Î Ï
same:
ú
ú
un
in
in
-
Beth - le - hem
Beth - le - hem
Ï Ï Ï Ï
Ï
Ï Ï Ï Ï
Ï
in
in
Beth - le - hem
Beth - le - hem
-
herds Brougth
-
herds Brougth
-
herds Brougth
-
herds Brougth
Ï
Ï
3 2
was
born
The
Ï
Ï
born
Ï
The
3 2
Ï
Ï
3 2
was
Ï
was
Ï
was
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born
Ï
born
The
Ï
The
23
6
God Rest You Merry
# 3 & 2 w
44
S1
Son
S2
# 3 & 2 ú
Son
A1
ú
# 3 & 2 w
Son
A2
Son
S1
S2
A1
A2
& & & &
#
Ï
Î
joy,
# # #
Ï
Î
joy,
of
God
ú
ú
ú
w
God
ú
of
Î Î
ú
Ï Ï Ï
by
name.
ú
ú
F î Ï Ï 22 ú
by
name.
ú
ú
by
name.
ú
ú
God
name.
by
f Ï Î Ï Ï
joy;
O
f Ï Î Ï Ï
O
F î Ï Ï 22 ú
Ï Ï Ï Ï
O
Ï Ï Ï
f
tid
com - fort and
Ï Î ú
joy;
O
tid
Ï Ï Ï
Ï
f
ú
O
tid
com - fort and
joy;
ú
dings
of
Ï Ï Ï Ï
joy;
Î
-
ú
-
-
-
dings
of
Ï Ï
ings
of
Ï Ï
ings
of
com - fort and
Ï Ï ú
tid - ings of
O
com - fort and
Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï
tid - ings of
O
com - fort and
Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï
tid - ings of
F î Ï Ï 22 ú
tid
Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï
tid - ings of
O
Ï Ï Ï
com - fort and
joy,
Ï
ú
w
com - fort and
joy,
Ï
God
of
# 3 & 2 ú
49
of
ú
ú
w
ú
F î Ï Ï 22 ú
Ï Ï
com - fort and
Ï Ï Ï Ï
com
-
fort
and
Ï Ï Ï Ï
com
ú
com
ú
com
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-
fort
-
Ï
-
and
Î
fort
Ï
fort
Î
God Rest You Merry 53
S1
S2
A1
& &
#
î
ú
#
î
ú
·
#P & ú Ï Ï ú
### Ï &
A1
A2
&
###
&
###
f Ï ### Î
F ú Ï #Ï
f # # Î Ï #
ú
Ï Ï ú
î
ú
F Ï Ï Ï Ï ú
î
com - fort,
Ï
Ï
Ï
then
said
Ï
tid - dings of
tid - dings of
joy.
joy.
joy.
ú
Tid - ings of
joy.
ú
Ï Ï
Tid - dings of
ú
joy.
ú
Ï #Ï
ú
Tid - dings of
joy.
Ï Ï Ï Ï
ú
the
Ï Ï Ï Ï
an
no - thing
Ï
Ï
said
the
gel, "Let
Ï Ï Ï Ï
ú
then
Ï Ï Ï Ï
no - thing
Ï
Î
î
Î
Ï
Î
not"
&
·
F ú
com - fort,
#P & ú Ï Ï ú
59
S2
·
joy.
###
F ú Ï nÏ #ú Tid - ings of
Tid - dings of
S1
·
joy.
Tid - dings of
A2
·
·
Ï
not"
an
î
-
-
gel, "Let
not"
not"
î
î
Î
you
you
af - fright;
af - fright;
Ï
Ï Ï Ï Ï
ú
no - thing
Ï
Ï Ï Ï Ï
ú
"Let
"Let
7
no - thing
you
you
af - fright;
af - fright;
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"Fear
"Fear
f # # Î Ï # "Fear
f # Î Ï ## "Fear
Î
F Ï This
F Î Ï This
Ä Î Ï
Ä Î Ï This
This
8
### ú .
Ï
ú
ú
Ï
day
is
born
A
Babe
### ú . &
Ï
ú
ú
Ï
is
born
A
Babe
63
S1
S2
A1
A2
God Rest You Merry
&
&
###
&
###
day
Ï Ï Ï Ï
day
is
born
the
Ï Ï Ï Ï
day
is
born
the
### Ï Ï Ï Ï &
67
S1
death and
S2
A1
A2
hell
and
### Ï Ï Ï Ï & &
###
&
###
death and
hell
and
Ï Ï Ï Ï
death and
hell
and
Ï Ï Ï Ï
death and
hell
and
Ï Ï Ï Ï
Sav
-
ior,
A
Ï Ï Ï Ï
Sav
-
ior,
A
Ï Ï Ï Ï Sa
-
tan
This
Ï Ï Ï Ï Sa
-
tan
This
Ï Ï Ï Ï
Sa
-
tan
This
Ï Ï Ï Ï
Sa
-
tan
This
Ï
Babe
Ï
Babe
Ï Ï of
Ï
glor - ious
Ï Ï
Ï
Ï Ï
Ï
Ï Ï
Ï
of
of
of
glor - ious
glor - ious
glor - ious
Ï Ï Ï Ï
child shall
put
to
ú
Î
might.
ú
See,
Î
might.
ú
f Ï
See,
Î
might.
ú
f Ï
f Ï f
See,
Î
might.
Ï
See,
F Ï Î Ï Ï
flight."
O
to
flight."
Ï Ï Ï Ï
flight."
F Î Ï Ï
Ï Ï Ï Ï
Ï
Ï Ï Ï Ï
child shall
child shall
child shall
put
put
put
to
to
F Ï Î Ï Ï Ï
flight."
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O
F Î Ï Ï O
O
9
God Rest You Merry
### ú &
Ï Ï
71
S1
tid
S2
A1
A2
### ú & &
###
&
###
tid
ú
tid
ú
tid
### Ï &
75
S1
tid
S2
A1
A2
### Ï & &
###
&
###
tid
ú
tid
ú
tid
-
ings
Ï Ï Ï Ï
of
com
Ï Ï -
ings
of
ings
com
of
ings
and
fort
and
Ï
Î
and
Ï Ï
-
fort
and
joy,
Ï
Ï
Ï
Ï
Ï
-
dings
of
com
-
fort
Ï
Ï
Ï
Ï
-
dings
of
Ï
com
Ï
Ï
Ï
ú
-
Ï
ings
of
Ï
of
com - fort and
ú
fort
com
ú
com
-
fort
-
Ï
-
fort
O
joy;
O
f
Ï Î ú
Ï Ï Ï
com - fort and
joy;
O
joy;
O
f Î Ï ú
Ï Ï Ï
com - fort and
î
·
and
ú
joy.
Ï
ú
î
·
and
Î
P ú joy.
dings
Ï
P ú
-
Ï
Tid
-
Ï
Ï
Tid
fort
Ï
joy;
f Ï Î Ï Ï
Ï Ï Ï
joy,
joy,
-
Ï
ings
Î
com - fort and
Î
Ï
-
Ï
Ï Ï Ï
joy,
Ï
com
of
-
Î
Ï Ï Ï Ï
com
Ï Ï
-
fort
Ï Ï Ï Ï
Ï Ï
-
-
Ï
f Ï Î Ï Ï
Î
dings
of
of
ú
com
ú -
ú
ú com
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fort,
-
fort,
10
&
###
&
###
79
S1
S2
A1
God Rest You Merry rall.
# # # nF ú &
83
S2
A1
A2
U@ U ú ú
Ï Ï
& & & &
#
# #
dings
-
Ï Ï Ï Ï
prais
#
dings
-
-
es,
All
Ï Ï Ï Ï
prais
-
es,
All
Ï Ï Ï Ï
you
with - in
this
Ï Ï Ï Ï
you
with - in
this
of
joy.
joy.
Now
with - in
this
ú
with - in
î
this
the
ú place,
ú place,
to
Now
Ï
f Ï
In
P Î Ï In
·
the
Lord sing
es,
-
prais
Ï
-
Ï
Christ - ian
Ï
Ï
Christ - ian
î
es,
All
Ï
Ï
faith
and
Ï
Ï
faith
Î
P and
Ï
P Ï In
place,
ú
All
Ï Ï Ï Ï
Lord sing
Ï
Ï Ï Ï
prais
Ï Ï Ï
Î
Lord sing
Ï Ï Ï Ï
Lord sing
P
the
to
Ï Ï Ï
to
Ï Ï Ï
Ï
Now
Î
f
Ï
f Ï
Î
the
to
Now
Ï Ï Ï Ï
you
Ï
#
Ï Ï Ï Ï
you
f
#
U@ U ú #ú
of
î
# î
·
### F Ï nÏ Ï Ï & tid
S1
·
·
tid
A2
·
#
a tempo
î
·
î
place,
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Î
In
11
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S1
S2
A1
A2
& & & &
#
F
Ï Ï Ï Ï
ú
F Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï
ú
Ï Ï Ï Ï
char - i - ty
# # #
char - i - ty
S1
S2
A1
A2
&
Each
Ï
Ï Ï Ï
Ï
Ï Ï Ï
Christ - ian
Christ - ian
92
Each
faith and
faith and
oth - er
oth - er
now em - brace,
F
oth - er
char - i - ty Each
oth - er
char - i - ty Each
Ï Ï Ï Ï
Christ - mas Re
-
& &
# #
Christ - mas Re
-
veals
ú
3 Ï 2 Ï Ï w Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï
ho - ly tide of
Christ - mas Re
-
veals
3 2 Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï ú
ho - ly tide of
f Ï Î
em
-
Christ - mas Re
-
veals
now em
Ï Ï Ï Ï
veals
now em
-
-
ú
Î
f w
ú
Î
ú
to
w
us
ú
ú
ú
ú
w
F U ú î Ï Ï 22
grace.
O
God's
grace.
O
ú
God's
grace.
O
ú
grace.
O
God's
Ï
This
brace,
God's
Ï
This
brace,
us
us
Î Ï This
f w
to
to
ú
brace,
ú
ú
Î Ï This
#w
w
us
ú
brace,
ú
to
ú
w -
F Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï
# Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï 23 ú & ho - ly tide of
em
now em - brace,
# Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï 23 w ho - ly tide of
f Ï Î
F U 2 ú î Ï Ï 2 F U î Ï Ï 22 ú F U î Ï Ï 22 ú
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God Rest You Merry
# 2 & 2 ú
Ï Ï
97
S1
tid
S2
# 2 ú & 2
tid
A1
# 2 & 2 ú
tid
A2
# 2 & 2 ú
tid
-
ings
Ï Ï -
-
-
ings
ings
ings
# 3 & 2 w
-
ú
A2
# 3 & 2
tid
w.
tid
w
com
-
-
-
fort
com
-
fort
ú
com
-
-
fort
w
ú
dings
of
w
ú
w
ings
ú
ings
Î Î
Ï
joy,
and
Î
com
-
w
com
ú
ú
ú
ú
ú
ú
of
com
com
-
-
-
ú ú ú ú
3 2
joy;
Ï Ï Ï
Ï Î ú
3 2
Î
3 2
Ï
joy;
ú
U î #ú
ú
î
fort
fort
ú
î
fort
ú
fort
O
f
joy;
com - fort and
w
23
Ï Ï Ï
Ï Ï Ï
joy,
O
f Ï Î Ï Ï
com - fort and
Ï
and
joy;
com - fort and
joy,
and
of
of
ú
com - fort and
Ï
Ï Ï
fort
Ï Ï Ï
joy,
and
Ï Ï Ï Ï
com
Î
Ï
Ï Ï Ï Ï
dings
-
tid
A1
of
ú
# 3 & 2 w # 3 & 2 ú
of
Ï Ï
tid
S2
of
Ï Ï
101
S1
of
Ï Ï Ï Ï
f Ï Î Ï Ï
f
ú O
U w.
and
joy.
U ú
U w.
and
joy.
U ú
and
î
O
U #w.
U
joy.
and
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