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Text:A stable lamp is lighted
Author:Richard Wilbur, 1921-
Tune:TOLLEFSON
Composer:Paulette Tollefson, 1950-

219. A stable lamp is lighted

Text Information
First Line: A stable lamp is lighted
Title: A stable lamp is lighted
Author: Richard Wilbur, 1921- (alt.)
Meter: 7 6 7 6 6 6 7 6
Language: English
Publication Date: 1997
Scripture:
Topic: Christmas; Church Year: Palm / Passion Sunday; Jesus Christ: Kingship / Reign (2 more...)
Copyright: © Richard Wilbur 'The Christmas Hymn' from his volume "Advice to the Prophet and Other Poems' used by permission of Harcourt brace Javonovich Inc., 1961
Tune Information
Name: TOLLEFSON
Composer: Paulette Tollefson, 1950-
Meter: 7 6 7 6 6 6 7 6
Key: E Major
Copyright: © Contemporary Worship I-Hymns. Used by permission of Augsburg Fortress, 1969



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