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It was with Saboly's "Hou, de l'houstau! " that our singing began. It is one of the series in his history of the Nativity and is the most popular of all his noels: a dialogue between Saint Joseph and the Bethlehem inn-keeper, that opens with a sweet and plaintive long-drawn note of supplication as Saint Joseph timorously calls:
/ "O-o-oh, there, the house! Master! Mistress! / Varlet! Maid! Is _no_ one there?"