It’s one of the most beloved Christmas carols of all time. It’s been covered and remixed by artists as diverse and accomplished as Whitney Houston and Aretha Franklin, Gene Autry and Francesca Battistelli, Maverick City and Sufjan Stevens. In fact, it’s the most widely published Christmas song in the 20th century in North America.
But, curiously, the vast majority of remakes leave out the same verse—the third verse in Isaac Watts’ original...
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