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Text:Child of the Poor
Author:Scott Soper, b. 1961
Author:William C. Dix, 1837-1898
Tune:[Helpless and hungry, lowly he lies]
Composer:Scott Soper

331. Child of the Poor

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Text Information
First Line: Helpless and hungry, lowly he lies
Title: Child of the Poor
Author: Scott Soper, b. 1961
Author: William C. Dix, 1837-1898
Refrain First Line: Who is this who lives with the lowly
Language: English
Publication Date: 2012
Topic: Musical Style: Quodlibet (Counter-Melody); The Liturgical Year: Christmas (Days of); The Liturgical Year: Mary, the Holy Mother of God (2 more...)
Source: "What Child Is This"
Copyright: Child of the Poor © 1994, OCP
ONE LICENSE: 80115
Notes: "What Child is This" may be sung with "Child of the Poor"
Tune Information
Name: [Helpless and hungry, lowly he lies]
Composer: Scott Soper
Key: e minor or modal
Source: "What Child Is This:" GREENSLEEVES, trad. English Melody, 16th cent.
Copyright: Child of the Poor © 1994, OCP



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