Text:The First Nowell
Tune:THE FIRST NOWELL
Descant:Katherine Reese O'Boyle

246. The First Nowell

Text Information
First Line: The first Nowell the angel did say
Title: The First Nowell
Refrain First Line: Nowell, Nowell
Language: English
Publication Date: 1982
Scripture: ;
Topic: Christmas; Christ's Life; Hope (1 more...)
Source: Traditional English Carol
Notes: Alma 10:19, 26
Tune Information
Name: THE FIRST NOWELL
Descant: Katherine Reese O'Boyle
Meter: Irregular with refrain
Key: D Major
Source: Traditional English Melody in W. Sandys' Christmas Carols, 1833
Copyright: copyright 1941 by the Presbyterian Board of Christian Education; renewed 1969; from The Hymnal for Youth; used by permission of The Westminster Press.



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