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Text:The Maker of the sun and moon
Author:Laurence Housman, 1865-1959
Tune:IN DER WIEGEN
Harmonizer:Martin Shaw, 1875-1958

38. The Maker of the sun and moon

Text Information
First Line: The Maker of the sun and moon
Author: Laurence Housman, 1865-1959
Meter: 86 86
Language: English
Publication Date: 1986
Topic: The Christian Year: Christmas
Copyright: Permission granted by Oxford Univeristy Press (from "English Hymnal")
Notes: Alternative tune: NEWBURY 228
Tune Information
Name: IN DER WIEGEN
Harmonizer: Martin Shaw, 1875-1958
Meter: 86 86
Key: G Major
Source: D. G. Corner's Geistliche Nachtigall, Vienna, 1649
Copyright: Arr. by permission of Oxford University Press (from "Oxford Book of Carols"); By permission of Oxford Univeristy Press (from "English Praise")



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