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My Purchased Files| Text: | 'Twas in the Moon of Wintertime |
| Author: | Jean de Brébeuf |
| Translator: | Jesse E. Middleton |
| Tune: | JESOUS AHATONHIA (UNE JEUNE PUCELLE) |
146. 'Twas in the Moon of Wintertime
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | ’Twas in the moon of wintertime |
| Title: | 'Twas in the Moon of Wintertime |
| Author: | Jean de Brébeuf (c. 1641) |
| Translator: | Jesse E. Middleton (1926, alt.) |
| Refrain First Line: | Peace on earth, Christ is born |
| Meter: | 86.86.88 w. refrain |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1998 |
| Topic: | Jesus Christ: Birth |
| Copyright: | Tr. © 1927 The Frederick Harris Music Co., Ltd. |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | JESOUS AHATONHIA (UNE JEUNE PUCELLE) |
| Meter: | 86.86.88 w. refrain |
| Key: | f minor |
| Source: | French folk melody; Harm. FCC, 1997 |
| Copyright: | Harm. © 1998 FCC Houston TX |
Text Information:
Jean de Brébeuf, a Jesuit priest, started a mission among native Huron people in Canada. The adaptation by Middleton further clothes the Christmas story in Huron images
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