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Website describing the carol and giving secondary references
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The Baby's Opera: A Book of Old Rhymes with New Dresses
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recorded the song on their 2006 Christmas-themed album
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1510:Santa Claus
1107:Full lyrics
979:19 November
406:Jon Schmidt
382:. Organist
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360:Martin Shaw
348:County Cork
296:. In 1956,
292:and one in
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271:Cecil Sharp
2907:Categories
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1933:By country
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1848:Poinsettia
1655:Traditions
1607:Mrs. Claus
1587:Belsnickel
1540:Julemanden
1535:Joulupukki
1466:Wenceslaus
1431:North Pole
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1386:Christkind
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1045:2022-12-06
1005:2016-12-24
999:Amazon.com
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866:2020-12-15
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123:Derbyshire
115:number 700
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1476:Yule Lads
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488:In 1995,
242:Bethlehem
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1947:Colombia
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461:in 1997.
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302:Camborne
290:Cornwall
246:Dead Sea
173:His Lady
131:Cornwall
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2661:Stollen
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2296:modern
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2222:Santa,
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2054:Serbia
2044:Russia
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2024:Norway
2014:Mexico
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