God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - The Petersens (LIVE)

"God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" is the second song on our new Christmas album and it might be all of our favorites! Julianne's voice + Christmas music + a jazzy flair is just hard to beat. So glad you guys have been enjoying the album!!! It just charted as #3 on Billboard's bluegrass chart and we are so honored. Y'all are the best!

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Lead vocal and mandolin: @JuliannePetersen
Guitar: @mattpetersen4000
Banjo: @EllenHaygood
Dobro: Emmett Franz
Bass: Karen Petersen
Fiddle: @katiepetersen

Key moments:
0:01 mandolin
0:48 guitar-bass
0:56 instruments come in
1:38 fiddle
2:57 dobro
4:34 instrumental

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Special thanks to Troy Dixon for helping us with audio and Aaron Clark for the videography.

►LYRICS - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
God rest ye merry, gentlemen
Let nothing you dismay
Remember Christ our Savior
Was born on Christmas Day
To save us all from Satan's power
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
A Son of God by name

O tidings of comfort and joy
Comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy

In Bethlehem in Israel
The blessed Babe was born
And laid within a manger
Upon this blessed morn
For which His mother Mary
Did nothing take in scorn

O tidings of comfort and joy
Comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy

God rest ye merry, gentlemen
Let nothing you dismay
Remember Christ our Savior
Was born on Christmas Day
To save us all from Satan's power
When we were gone astray

O tidings of comfort and joy
Comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy

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[Liz.Newton]

*LYRICS - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen*

God rest ye merry, gentlemen
Let nothing you dismay
Remember Christ our Savior
Was born on Christmas Day
To save us all from Satan's power
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
A Son of God by name

O tidings of comfort and joy
Comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy

In Bethlehem in Israel
The blessed Babe was born
And laid within a manger
Upon that blessed morn
For which His mother Mary
Did nothing take in scorn

O tidings of comfort and joy
Comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy

God rest ye merry, gentlemen
Let nothing you dismay
Remember Christ our Savior
Was born on Christmas Day
To save us all from Satan's power
When we were gone astray

O tidings of comfort and joy
Comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy

Album: Christmas with the Petersens 🎄✨

[nezarnassif]

Julianne's voice... melts the soul...wish for more songs by her

[richardolson]

Dear fans of the Petersens: Drove over 200 miles to see them live in St. Marys, Ohio last week--- they're every bit the first-class, talented performers you'd imagine. Authentic... soulful. Left convinced that there are, indeed, angels--- and for two hours, this family brought heaven to earth.

[Joshua.zero]

As a 38 year old metal head, ive got to admit that this version brought a tear to my eye. And i cant stop listening! Amazing job, absolutely incredible!

Merry Christmas! ✝️🇺🇸🎄

[Tonetwisters]

Wow! Wow! Wow! I've been a guitarist and musician for 61 years ... You could line up 10, 000 female vocalists and Julianne would stand well above them all. What a voice and style and her pitch is absolutely dead-on, on this, my favorite Christmas worship song!

[gagglesas]

I am OBSESSED with julianne's voice

[mangkhongsai]

I wanna have a family who can play like this. So encouraging to see you all worshiping our Lord and savior Jesus Christ. God bless you all.

[jburghau]

This and the O Come O Come Emmanuel rendition are the best music I have ever heard. Simply breathtaking. Thank you .

[dannylucasvlogs]

Her voice is so magical, it makes me wanna cry ❤❤

[polteran]

Oh my! This is awesome! One of the best covers ever.

[DavidJames-fmhm]

They are the Beatles of Bluegrass. Every music they touch they make it their own.

[Stoked_MTB_Family]

I'm glad i went back to find this gem. It's Simply one of my very favorite videos on YouTube. Katie's violin solo is incredible and Julieanne's vocals are majestic. Very well done Petersens! Emmett is incredible as always. Matt too.

[polteran]

What a wonderful song. So many tears of joy when I hear this song. Thank you so much for that.

[nards]

Im just gonna give kudos to Mat here. That dude lays a solid rhythm foundation with feeling. Excellent work.

[simplyfreshandsimplylocal]

All amazing here. Juliannas voice is fantastic. Then Katie joins with the violin. Brilliant as usual. In this rubbish world they bring light into my darkness.

[oreocookie]

This has been one of my favorite CHRISTmas song…great vocals

[BobbyBeavers]

From Russia with love! Thank you folks, great music, great voices, great Petersen's.

[unclechris]

How she sings "Power" in Save us all from Satans Power... LOVE IT

[jimpurcell]

Julianne's voice is unique, and rich. The instrumentals were fantastic. I have never heard one song by the Peterson's that haven't been over the top fantastic. Love what these young folks are doing.

[FloppedPizzaParty]

4:19 when she hits that note and the biggest smile afterwards...she just warms my heart. So well done Petersen family! Thank you for the wonderful song and God bless!!