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244. 'Twas in the Moon of Wintertime

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Text Information
First Line: 'Twas in the moon of wintertime
Title: 'Twas in the Moon of Wintertime
Author: Jean de Brebeuf (ca. 1643)
Translator: Jesse Edgar Middleton (1926)
Refrain First Line: Jesus your King is born
Meter: 86.86.86. with Refrain
Language: English
Publication Date: 1989
Topic: Christ's Gracious Life: Birth and Baptism; Christian Year: Christmas; Christian Year: Epiphany (2 more...)
Copyright: Trans. by permission of Frederick Harris Music Co. Ltd.
Tune Information
Name: JESOUS ANATONHIA
Meter: 86.86.86. with Refrain
Key: g minor
Source: French Canadian melody



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