I would like some background information on the Christmas Carol/Song(???) "Bring A Torch, Jeanette Isabella." I had never heard this song until a few years ago, when I bought a CD of some Christmas music & this song was on the CD. Is there a story line that goes along with the song. Who is Jeanette Isabella, or are they 2 people? I've seen the title, "Jeanette, Isabella." Is she (they) a child of the village? Daughters of the Innkeeper? Children of the shepherds." (Sorry, I've sometimes been repremanded for taking things too literally, but that's the way my mind works.) Does anyone know who wrote it? When? Under what circumstances?

Thanks,

Randall