Columbia University Hymnal #43
Tune Title: [Dies est lætitiæ Inorturegali] First Line: Dies est lætitiæ Inorturegali Composer: T. Helmore Date: 1921 Source: Anonymous, c. 13th cent.
Columbia University Hymnal #43
Title: | DIES EST LAETITIAE |
Meter: | 7.6.7.6.7.7.5.7.7.6 |
Incipit: | 11234 21226 71111 |
Key: | F Major |
Source: | 15th century German tune |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Dost thou in a manger lie,
Who hast all created,
Stretching infant hands on high,
Savior, long awaited?
If a monarch, where thy state?
Where thy court on thee to wait?
Royal purple, where?
Here no regal pomp we see;
Naught but need and penury:
Why thus cradled here?
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Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations
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Organ Solo
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