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Text:The First Nowell (Un Ángel Fue Quien Vino a Traer)
Translator:Lorenzo Álvarez, 1897-1969
Tune:THE FIRST NOWELL

391. The First Nowell (Un Ángel Fue Quien Vino a Traer)

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Text Information
First Line: The first Nowell the angel did say (Un ángel fue quien vino a traer)
Title: The First Nowell (Un Ángel Fue Quien Vino a Traer)
Translator: Lorenzo Álvarez, 1897-1969
Refrain First Line: Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Nowell (Noel, Noel, Noel. Noel)
Meter: Irregular with refrain
Language: English; Spanish
Publication Date: 2013
Scripture: ;
Topic: Epiphany of the Lord; Epifanía del Señor
Source: English carol, 17th C.
Copyright: Spanish tr. © David Andrés Álvarez
Tune Information
Name: THE FIRST NOWELL
Meter: Irregular with refrain
Key: D Major
Source: English melody; Harm. from Christmas Carols New and Old, 1871



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