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Text:A Virgin unspotted, the prophets foretold
Tune:CHRISTMAS HYMN (A VIRGIN UNSPOTTED)
Arranger:Annabel Morris Buchanan

40. A Virgin unspotted, the prophets foretold

Text Information
First Line: A Virgin unspotted, the prophets foretold
Refrain First Line: Then let us be merry
Language: English
Publication Date: 1938
Source: From Wyeth's Repository (Pa.), Part II, 1813; Traditional text and tune
Notes: Second and sixth stanzas from a manuscript shape-note songbook of the early 19th century, found in Maryland; furnished by Dr. George Pullen Jackson.
Tune Information
Name: CHRISTMAS HYMN (A VIRGIN UNSPOTTED)
Arranger: Annabel Morris Buchanan
Key: G Major
Source: Traditional English-American Carol



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