Virgin, Full of Grace

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Virgin, full of grace, purest of our race

Author: Melvin Farrell
Tune: SICILIAN MARINERS
Published in 7 hymnals

Piano/Organ
	Hymns of Joy

Choral
	O Sanctissima/ O How Joyfully

Handbells
	Christmas Carillon

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Author: Melvin Farrell

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First Line:	Virgin, full of grace, purest of our race
Title:	Virgin, Full of Grace
Author:	Melvin Farrell
Meter:	10 7 10 10
Language:	English
Copyright:	© 1955, 1961, 1970, World Library Publications

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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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