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Text:Blest by the sun, the olive tree
Author:Richard Rutt (1925-2011)
Tune:SOLEMNIS HAEC FESTIVITAS

166a. Blest by the sun, the olive tree

Text Information
First Line: Blest by the sun, the olive tree
Author: Richard Rutt (1925-2011)
Meter: LM
Language: English
Publication Date: 2013
Scripture: ; ;
Topic: Baptism; Church Year: Easter; Healing (4 more...)
Source: Based on an early Latin hymn
Copyright: © The estate of Richard Rutt. Permission applied for.
Tune Information
Name: SOLEMNIS HAEC FESTIVITAS
Meter: LM
Key: D Major
Source: Melody from Paris Gradual, 1685



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