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Text:Jesus, Good Above All Other
Author:Percy Dearmer, 1867-1936
Translator (stanzas 1, 2):John Mason Neale, 1818-1866
Tune:QUEM PASTORES
Arranger:Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958

259. Jesus, Good Above All Other

Text Information
First Line: Jesus, good above all other
Title: Jesus, Good Above All Other
Author: Percy Dearmer, 1867-1936
Translator (stanzas 1, 2): John Mason Neale, 1818-1866
Language: English
Publication Date: 1982
Scripture: ;
Topic: Children; Christmas; Christ's Resurrection (7 more...)
Source: Sts. 1 & 2 borrowed from 12th century Latin
Copyright: from The English Hymnal by permission of Oxford University Press.
Tune Information
Name: QUEM PASTORES
Arranger: Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958
Meter: 8.8.8.7.
Key: F Major
Source: 14th Century German Carol Melody
Copyright: from The English Hymnal; used by permission of Oxford University Press.



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