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Text:The Royal Banners Forward Go (Vexilla regis)
Author:Venantius Honorius Fortunatus, 530-609
Tune:[The royal banners forward go]

2. The Royal Banners Forward Go (Vexilla regis)

The royal banners forward go;
The cross shows forth redemption's flow
Where he, by whom our flesh was made,
Our ransom in his flesh has paid.

Text Information
First Line: The royal banners forward go
Title: The Royal Banners Forward Go (Vexilla regis)
Latin Title: Vexilla regis
Author: Venantius Honorius Fortunatus, 530-609
Language: English
Publication Date: 1982
Topic: Canticles and Chants
Source: Tr. composite
Tune Information
Name: [The royal banners forward go]
Key: d minor
Source: Sarum Plainsong, Mode I
Copyright: Arrangement: Copyright 1982 Concordia Publishing House.



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