Talk:God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

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No one who has attempted to read ten lines of John Skelton or William Caxton could imagine that "The lyrics are reputed to date back to the 15th century, and are written in Early Modern English". Some notes for an improved article are to be found at this page. --Wetman 02:50, 18 January 2006 (UTC).

I'd like to see some proof of the contention that "merry" should be construed as "strong" in the sense of "mighty." I can't find any evidence of it in my Concise Oxford. Unless proof is forthcoming, I'm inclined to suggest that the statements questioned by Wetman and myself should be excised. pmr 19:34, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

That may be nice, but in the missalette, there are changes in the final verse, replacing "brotherhood" with "charity", and "This holytide of Christmas / All others doth deface" is changed to "This holytide of Chistmas / Is filled with heavenly grace". It seems there's something missing here. --Angeldeb82 16:42, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Any comment about how Catholic missalettes are replacing the "Ye" with "You"?Delmlsfan 03:41, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

I agree about "Wetman"'s comment. This has no strong claim to being one of the earliest Christmas carols, so I have removed some words from the first sentence. Sorry I forgot to sign in. Ogg 19:46, 12 February 2007 (UTC)