Merry Winter Solstice! Here's "God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen" with…

Merry Winter Solstice! Here's "God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen" with pagan lyrics:

Gods rest ye Merry Paganfolk, let none of you dismay
Remember that the sun returns, upon this Solstice day
The growing dark is ended now, and Spring is on its way
O-o Tidings of Comfort and Joy
Comfort and Joy
O-o Tidings of Comfort and Joy
Though Winter's worst still lies ahead, there's tempest snow and rain
Beneath death's blanket on the ground the spark of life remains
The Earth shall blossom once again the air be sweet and clear
O-o Tidings of Comfort and Joy
Comfort and Joy
O-o Tidings of Comfort and Joy
Within each blessed apple lies the promise of the Queen
For from this frozen field shall rise the orchards fresh and green
The sun's warm rays caress the seeds to raise life's song again
O-o Tidings of Comfort and Joy
Comfort and Joy
O-o Tidings of Comfort and Joy

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On Solstice night, the winter comes
Stalking through the antlered trees,
Riding on the frozen wind.
With hoof and horn, this longest night
Brings round once more
The ancient, endless joust:
Light and Dark contest for power,
And Light, this night, shall triumph.
© 1993
Deirdre Pulgram Arthen