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542. O God of earth and altar

Text Information
First Line: O God of earth and altar
Author: Gilbert Keith Chesterton 1874-1936
Meter: 76.76 D
Publication Date: 1977
Copyright: Words and music from The English Hymnal by permission of Oxford University Press
Tune Information
Name: KING'S LYNN
coll., arr. and harm.: Ralph Vaughan Williams 1872-1958
Key: d minor or modal
Source: English traditional melody



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