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Text:Now that the daylight fills the sky
Author (st. 5):Charles Coffin, 1676-1749
Translator (st. 1):John Mason Neale, 1818-1866
Translator (st. 5):John Chandler, 1806-1876
Translator (sts. 2-4):Peter Scagnelli, b. 1949
Tune:HERR JESU CHRIST

3. Now that the daylight fills the sky

Text Information
First Line: Now that the daylight fills the sky
Translator (st. 1): John Mason Neale, 1818-1866
Translator (sts. 2-4): Peter Scagnelli, b. 1949
Author (st. 5): Charles Coffin, 1676-1749
Translator (st. 5): John Chandler, 1806-1876
Meter: LM
Language: English
Publication Date: 1985
Source: Latin, 6th cent.
Copyright: Sts. 2-4 Copyright © 1972, Peter J. Scagnelli. From "Catholic Liturgy Book"
Tune Information
Name: HERR JESU CHRIST
Meter: LM
Key: F Major
Source: Cantionale Germanicum, 1628 (melody); harm. Gothaischen Cantional, 1651, alt.



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