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Text:Christ is the King! O friends rejoice
Author:George Kennedy Allen Bell (1883-1958)
Tune:VULPIUS (GELOBT SEI GOTT)
Harmonizer:Henry George Ley (1887-1962)

486. Christ is the King! O friends rejoice

Text Information
First Line: Christ is the King! O friends rejoice
Author: George Kennedy Allen Bell (1883-1958) (alt.)
Meter: 888 and Alleluias
Language: English
Publication Date: 2013
Scripture: ; ;
Topic: Ascension Day; Church: Ministry; Church: Universal (10 more...)
Copyright: © From Enlarged Songs of Praise, 1931. Reproduced by permission of Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.
Tune Information
Name: VULPIUS (GELOBT SEI GOTT)
Harmonizer: Henry George Ley (1887-1962)
Meter: 888 and Alleluias
Key: C Major
Source: Melody from Melchior Vulpius's Gesangbuch, 1609
Copyright: Harmonisation: From The BBC Hymn Book, 1951, Reproduced by permission of Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.



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