Vol. 07 · Misheard ·1818
"Round young virgin."
That isn't the lyric.
What you hear
"Round young virgin."
What's actually sung
"Round yon virgin." Silent Night — Franz Gruber / traditional (1818)
Why the ear defaults
"Yon" (archaic for "that") has dropped out of modern English outside Christmas carols. Children parse it as an adjective — round, young, virgin — which is grammatically parallel.
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