UNE JEUNE PUCELLE

Tune Information

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

Texts

Twas in the Moon of Wintertime

’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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Instances

Instances (15)TextImageAudioScore
Chalice Hymnal #166Text
Church Hymnary, Fourth Edition #342Text
Common Praise #146Text
Evangelical Lutheran Worship #284Image
Gather Comprehensive #361Text
Hymnal 1982: according to the use of the Episcopal Church #114TextImage
Presbyterian Hymnal #61TextImage
Sing! A New Creation #100TextImageAudio
Singing the New Testament #61
Songs for Life #139Text
The New Century Hymnal #151Image
The United Methodist Hymnal #244TextImage
Voices United: The Hymn and Worship Book of The United Church of Canada #71Text
Worship and Rejoice #213TextImage
Worship in Song: A Friends Hymnal #93