Quem Terra, Pontus, Aethera (“Sing we Him whose wondrous story”)
Translation: The editors
First Tune: “All Saints” • 87 87 77
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Quem Terra, Pontus, Aethera (“Sing we Him whose wondrous story”)
Translation: The editors
Second Tune: “Irby” • 87 87 77
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“The First Noël The Angel Did Say”
Tune: “The First Nowell” • 88 88 R
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“What Child Is This?”
Translation: William Chatterton Dix
Tune: “Greensleeves” • 87 87 R
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Huron Carol of St. Jean de Brébeuf (“Upon the birth of Jesus”)
Translation: Fr. Dominic Popplewell
Tune: “Une Jeune Pucelle” • 86 86 88 R
This famous Christmas carol was possibly written around 1642AD, when Saint Brébeuf was in Quebec, recuperating from a broken collarbone, which had left him in excruciating pain for many months.
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“Once In Royal David’s City” by Cecil Frances Alexander
Tune: “Irby” • 87 87 77
