Hymns of Truth and Light ‎#208

208. Now the Green Blade Riseth

Text Information

• First Line: Now the green blade riseth
• Title: Now the Green Blade Riseth
• Author: John Macleod Campbell Crum (1872-1958)
• Refrain First Line: Love is come again
• Meter: 11 10.10 11
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1998
• Topic: Healing and Wholeness; Jesus Christ: Resurrection and Reign
• Source: The Oxford Book of Carols, 1928, alt.
• Copyright: © 1928 by permission of Oxford University Press
• ONE LICENSE: 89902

Tune Information

• Name: NOËL NOUVELET
• Meter: 11 10.10 11
• Key: e minor or modal
• Source: Medieval French carol; Harm. FCC, 1997
• Copyright: Harm. © 1998 FCC Houston TX

Text Information:

John Crum was an English Anglican who became Canon of Canterbury. The freshness of the message is enhanced by the ancient modality of the French carol tune