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Text:That Lord that Lay in Asse Stall
Tune:[That Lord that lay in asse stall]
Composer:Imogen Holst, 1907-

169. That Lord that Lay in Asse Stall

Text Information
First Line: That Lord that lay in asse stall
Title: That Lord that Lay in Asse Stall
Refrain First Line: Qui natus fuit hodie
Publication Date: 1967
Topic: Christmas
Source: 15th century. Bodleian Library; MS. Arch. Selden B 26, printed in 'Lyrics of the Fifteenth Century,'; Carleton Brain, p. 118.
Tune Information
Name: [That Lord that lay in asse stall]
Composer: Imogen Holst, 1907-
Incipit: 17653 65125 32123
Key: C Major
Notes: Commissioned for The Cambridge Hymnal



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