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![]() | UNE JEUNE PUCELLEPublished in 18 hymnalsAudio files: MIDI | |
| Meter: | 8.6.8.6.8.6 with refrain |
| Incipit: | 51234 32171 1271 |
| Key: | b♭ minor/g minor |
| Source: | French Canadian melody; French folksong, 16th century |
’Twas in the moon of wintertime,
When all the birds had fled,
That mighty Gitchi Manitou
Sent angel choirs instead;
Before their light the stars grew dim,
And wondering hunters heard the hymn:
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