Star of the Orient

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Star of the orient

Author: Mrs. M. E. A. C. Brown
Tune: CRUSADERS' HYMN (111271)
Published in 1 hymnal

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Author: Mrs. M. E. A. C. Brown

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Text Information

Text Information

First Line:	Star of the orient
Title:	Star of the Orient
Author:	Mrs. M. E. A. C. Brown
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Tune

CRUSADERS' HYMN (111271)

ST. ELIZABETH appears to be an eighteenth-century tune from the Glaz area of Silesia. It has always been associated with this text. No factual data exists for the legend that this text and tune date back to the twelfth-century crusades, although those apocryphal stories explain one of the names by w…

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