“The First Noel”

Description

"The first Noel the angels did say Was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay." The shepherds and the Wise Men see signs and come to see and pay homage to the King (Jesus)

Notes

Allegedly based on a Cornish carol found in manuscript in 1817, and perhaps printed in eighteenth century broadsides. - RBW

Same tune

• No L (Pankake-PHCFSB, p. 203)

Recordings

• Pete Seeger, "The First Noel" (on PeteSeeger37, PeteSeeger42)

References

1. OBC 27, "The First Nowell" (1 text, 1 tune)
2. Silber-FSWB, p. 376, "The First Noel" (1 text)
3. Fuld-WFM, pp. 226-227, "The First Noel"
4. DT, FRSTNOEL*
5. ADDITIONAL: Ian Bradley, _The Penguin Book of Carols_ (1999), #77, "The First Nowell" (1 text)
6. BI, FSWB376A