Text:O God of earth and altar
Author:Gilbert Keith Chesterton, 1874-1936
Translator (French):Flossette Du Pasquier
Translator (German:Hanns Lilje
Tune:KINGS LYNN

81. O God of earth and altar

Text Information
First Line: O God of earth and altar
Author: Gilbert Keith Chesterton, 1874-1936
Translator (French): Flossette Du Pasquier (1951)
Translator (German: Hanns Lilje (1938)
Language: English; French; German
Publication Date: 1960
Topic: Social Justice; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Justice sociale
Copyright: English text by permission of Oxford University Press
Notes: English now public domain
Tune Information
Name: KINGS LYNN
Key: d minor or modal
Source: English Traditional Melody
Copyright: By permission of Oxford University Press



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