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141. Sing, my tongue, the sacred Mystery

Text Information
First Line: Sing, my tongue, the sacred Mystery
Latin Title: Pange, lingua, gloriosi
Author: St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)
Translator: John Mason Neale (1818-1866 (alt.)
Translator: Edward Caswall (1814-1878) (alt.)
Meter: 87.87.87
Language: English
Publication Date: 1983
Topic: Corpus Christi
Notes: This hymn may be sung to the preceding tune, No. 140
Tune Information
Name: PANGE LINGUA
Harmonizer: DNS
Meter: 87.87.87
Incipit: 11173 34555 67665
Key: c minor or modal
Source: Mode I plainsong
Copyright: Harm. © 1970 by Dominican Nuns of Summit NJ



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