The song dates to 1714 in Newcastle, England, according to the 1864 book "Songs of the Nativity" by William Henry Husk.

The heavenly music we hear at Mass during the Christmas season means a lot of hard work for choirs and singers every year.

Proceeds from “Christmas on Bleecker” help support the Sheen Center’s mission and fund Sheen Center programming.

This is the cover of the book "On Every Tide: The Making and Remaking of the Irish World" by Sean Connolly. The book is reviewed by Daniel S. Mulhall. (CNS photo/courtesy Basic Books)

Attributed to a Florentine artist known since the late 1960s as the Master of the Scandicci Lamentation, the painting is in the Robert Dawson Evans Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.