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Text:Child of the stable’s secret birth
Author:Timothy Dudley-Smith (born 1926)
Tune:MORWENSTOW
Composer:Christopher Dearnley (born 1930)

53a. Child of the stable’s secret birth

Text Information
First Line: Child of the stable’s secret birth
Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith (born 1926)
Meter: 8 9 9 9 9 8
Language: English
Publication Date: 1987
Topic: Christmas 1: The Incarnation; God, Saviour: Promised and Incarnate
Copyright: © Timothy Dudley-Smith
Tune Information
Name: MORWENSTOW
Composer: Christopher Dearnley (born 1930)
Meter: 8 9 9 9 9 8
Copyright: © Oxford University Press
Notes: Alternative tune: SECRET BIRTH (53b)



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