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Thread #77246   Message #1375548
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
09-Jan-05 - 09:18 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Weird seldom sung verse in Hark! etc.
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Weird seldom sung verse in Hark! etc.
The verse quoted by McGrath is in "Hymns and Carols of Christmas," linked above. Also in the "Oxford Book of Carols," 1928(1947) edition.
Not until I looked it up did I find out that it is usually sung to a different tune in England.