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2 unusual facts about Huron Carol


Huron Carol

Brébeuf wrote the lyrics in the native language of the Huron/Wendat people; the song's original Huron title is "Jesous Ahatonhia" ("Jesus, he is born").

In 2002, Canadian singer Heather Dale released a tri-lingual version (Wendat Huron, French, English) on her "This Endris Night" CD; Dale uses a very different English translation, attributed to Father H. Kierans.



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