■楽しく安らえ殿方よ-God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
ウィル達はクリスマス・キャロルでこの曲を2回歌っています。実業家の陽気なハットンさんにと、ハンタークーム館で。
ケルト的影響を受けて伝わっている曲らしく、かつてはダンスがついていたとか。日本語でも「世のひと忘るな」讃美歌第2編128番として歌われているようです。
作詞作曲不明のコーンウォール地方の古いキャロル。
God rest you merry, gentlemen,
Let nothing you dismay,
Remember Christ Our Saviour
Was born on Christmas day,
To save us all from Satan's pow'r
When we were gone astray;
O
tidings of comfort and joy,
Comfort and joy,
O tidings of comfort and joy.
From God our heavenly Father
A blessed angel came.
And unto
certain shepherds
Brought tidings of the same,
How that in Bethlehem was
born
The Son of God by name:
O tidings of comfort and joy,
Comfort
and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy.
"Fear not," then said the
angel,
"Let nothing you affright,
This day is born a Savior,
Of virtue,
power, and might;
So frequently to vanquish all
The friends of Satan
quite";
O tidings of comfort and joy,
Comfort and joy,
O tidings of
comfort and joy.
The shepherds at those tidings
Rejoiced much in
mind,
And left their flocks a-feeding,
In tempest, storm, and wind,
And
went to Bethlehem straightway
This blessed babe to find:
O tidings of
comfort and joy,
Comfort and joy,
O tidings of comfort and joy.
But
when to Bethlehem they came,
Whereat this infant lay
They found him in a
manger,
Where oxen feed on hay;
His mother Mary kneeling,
Unto the Lord
did pray:
O tidings of comfort and joy,
Comfort and joy,
O tidings
of comfort and joy.
Now to the Lord sing praises,
All you within this
place,
And with true love and brotherhood
Each other now embrace;
This
holy tide of Christmas
All others doth deface:
O tidings of comfort
and joy,
Comfort and joy,
O tidings of comfort and joy.
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