# ID a Christmas carols album—had both "Nova, Nova" and "Carol of the Fieldmice"

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**Created:** [December 8, 2018, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-christmas-carols-album-had-both-nova-nova-and-carol-of-the-fieldmice/825802 "2018-12-08T15:45:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2018, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-christmas-carols-album-had-both-nova-nova-and-carol-of-the-fieldmice/825802/1 "2018-12-08T15:45:50Z")

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Basic details: I checked out a lovely CD of Christmas carols from my local library, sometime in the last 15-odd years. I can’t remember the title or artist, just that it featured obscure, archaic, and generally lesser-known Christmas carols. Including, like the title says, “Nova, Nova” (from the 15th century) and “Carol of the Fieldmice” (from “Wind in the Willows”).

Problem: I can’t find this album anywhere. Not only does searching my library catalog OR the interlibrary loan catalog produce no results for any album containing both of those carols, I can’t find any album that does on Google, Amazon, _or_ iTunes.

It’s only the fact that I hadn’t heard of either of the carols mentioned above before, and that they actually do exist in real life, that makes me trust that I didn’t just imagine the whole thing.

Other details: IIRC, if they weren’t all a cappella, they sounded like they were all performed with acoustic instruments, and recorded live. “Carol of the Fieldmice” was sung/recited by children.

So…can anyone help me out, tell me where this album came from, and where I could find it again?

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**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-christmas-carols-album-had-both-nova-nova-and-carol-of-the-fieldmice/825802/2 "2018-12-22T18:08:43Z")

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I think I’m allowed one “bump,” yes? At least while I have the chance of at least _identifying_ the album before Christmas? 😉