Song of the Ship

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There comes a ship a-sailing [galley sailing], With angels flying fast

Tune: ES KOMMT EIN SCHIFF GELADEN
Published in 2 hymnals

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First Line:	There comes a ship a-sailing [galley sailing], With angels flying fast
Title:	Song of the Ship
German Title:	Es kommt ein Schiff geladen
Source:	Tr.: Oxford Book of Carols; German, c. 1470
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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ES KOMMT EIN SCHIFF GELADEN

The tune ES KOMMT EIN SCHIFF GELADEN was originally part of a German Maria-lied, or love song to Mary. The tune became a carol when it was set to a text attributed to the mystic Johannes Tauler (around 1300-1361). It was published with Tauler's text in the Roman Catholic Andernacher Gesangbuch of 16…

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