On This Happy Day

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On this happy day, On this happy day

Author: Frederick J. Gielow
Tune: SICILIAN MARINERS
Published in 2 hymnals

Author: Frederick J. Gielow

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First Line:	On this happy day, On this happy day
Title:	On This Happy Day
Author:	Frederick J. Gielow
Language:	English
Publication Date:	1938
Copyright:	This text may still be under copyright because it was published in 1938.

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SICILIAN MARINERS

SICILIAN MARINERS is traditionally used for the Roman Catholic Marian hymn "O Sanctissima." According to tradition, Sicilian seamen ended each day on their ships by singing this hymn in unison. The tune probably traveled from Italy to Germany to England, where The European Magazine and London Review…

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