All Hail, Ye Merry Folk Today

All hail

ye mer­ry folk to­day

All hail

we sing our glad­some lay

Come list to us as we do say

Our car­ol gay.

Noel

No­el

we sing No­el

And this the an­gels came to tell

For God who do­eth all things well

With man doth dwell.

Begone all gloom

cast grief aside

May joy with us for aye abide

What bet­ter deed could us be­tide

Than death de­fied.

Come let us seek the in­fant King

And hom­age pay

and to Him bring

Our hearts as fit­test of­fer­ing

And to Him sing.

Seek not ye pal­ace rich or grand

Nor with the great­est men to stand

But join a low­ly pil­grim band

In Is­ra­el’s land.

Lo! there we find Him

great­est

best

Who in a man­ger deigns to rest

Who by His life ye world hath blest

Most wel­come guest.

With us your hap­py songs unite

Within your hearts to dwell

in­vite

The God who do­eth all things right

Your soul to light.