A New Hymnal for Colleges and Schools ‎#270

270. Now the green blade riseth

Text Information

• First Line: Now the green blade riseth from the buried grain
• Title: Now the green blade riseth
• Author: John M. C. Crum (1928)
• Refrain First Line: Love is come again like wheat that springeth green
• Meter: 11.10.10.11
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1992
• Topic: Resurrection and Ascension
• ONE LICENSE: 89902

Tune Information

• Name: NOËL NOUVELET
• Harmonizer: Martin Shaw (1928)
• Meter: 11.10.10.11
• Key: e minor or modal
• Source: later form of a 15th-century French noel
• Copyright: Harmonization from The Oxford Book of Carols, copyright 1964 Oxford University Press