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Text:We Praise You, Jesus, at Your Birth
Author (sts. 2-7):Martin Luther, 1483-1546
Translator (sts. 1, 6):Gregory J. Wismar, b. 1946
Translator (sts. 2, 4):F. Samuel Janzow, 1913-2001
Tune:GELOBET SEIST DU

359. We Praise You, Jesus, at Your Birth

Text Information
First Line: We praise you, Jesus, at your birth
Title: We Praise You, Jesus, at Your Birth
Author (sts. 2-7): Martin Luther, 1483-1546
Translator (sts. 1, 6): Gregory J. Wismar, b. 1946
Translator (sts. 2, 4): F. Samuel Janzow, 1913-2001
Meter: 87 88 4
Language: English
Publication Date: 2021
Scripture: ; ; ;
Topic: Christmas
Source: German, c. 1380, st. 1; Tr. sts. 3, 5, 7: Lutheran Service Book, 2006
Copyright: Tr. sts 1, 3, 5-7 © 2006 Concordia Publishing House; Tr. sts. 2, 4 © 1978 Concordia Publishing House
Tune Information
Name: GELOBET SEIST DU
Meter: 87 88 4
Key: c minor or modal
Source: Eyn Enchridion oder Handbüchlein, Erfurt, 1524; Setting: The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941, alt.
Copyright: Public Domain



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