Hymns of the Saints ‎#246

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:
  Matthew 2:1
  ;
  Matthew 2:9-11
• Topic: Christmas; Christ's Life; Hope; Incarnation
• 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.