A Plea for Peace During the Cuban Missile Crisis: "Do You Hear What I Hear?" sung by Carrie Underwood

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I've always liked the chain of events in this song.

The night wind whispers to the little lamb. The lamb passes on the message to the shepherd boy. And so on. Sort of a Christmas version of telephone.

But I was surprised to find out that it was written during the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis as a plea for peace.

According the The New York Times it was written by a Ms. Gloria Shayne Baker. Her husband wrote the music.

Carrie Underwood's version (along with dozens of others) is available on Freegal.