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Thread #77523 Message #1382961
Posted By: Haruo
20-Jan-05 - 02:58 AM
Thread Name: Que desembre congelat?
Subject: Que desembre congelat?
There's a (traditional) Catalán Christmas carol that starts in some versions "El desembre congelat" and in others "Lo desembre congelat"; what's the difference? And what is the relationship between this carol and the Spanish (Castilian) text (which I think is a recent writing) "En el frío invernal" to the same tune? And how is the usual English rendering "Cold December flies away" related to them (it's usually presented as an English version of "En el frío invernal", but its first line sure looks a lot more like the Català...