Good Christian Friends Rejoice

Chip Houston sings while Dave Caudill plays the Organ. TEXT: Medieval Latin; trans., and para., John Mason Neale, 1853; MUSIC: German folk melody, 14th cent.; harm., David Hugh Jones, 1953 HYMN, 132 ~ Vs., 1, 3 IN DULCI JUBILO Carols using two languages, like this one dating from at least the 14th century, belong to a special group called “macaronic,” the original language here being German and Latin.