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In the early 1980s, I accompanied a trio of sisters that included Jane Dunford, Willie Dunford, and Lydia Evans (who later retired and was replaced by Liz Dunford). These trios performed a beautiful Christmas Program throughout different parts of Utah. At one of our practices, they requested we warm up by singing "The First Noel."
While playing the chorus as an introduction, I hit a wrong chord. When I heard it, I loved it and felt I could do something with it. After practice, I went home and replayed through the song with that chord. It wasn't long before a new beginning had been created and this new version of "The First Noel" came to be.
(This song was recorded by the Dunford sisters while I was on my mission. The accompanist was unable to play the song as it was written - an octave higher to begin and with many notes and chords at the end, but it will give you an idea of how it could sound anyway.)