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Text:Jesus, Our Brother, Strong and Good
Tune:ORIENTIS PARTIBUS
Harmonizer:Richard Redhead

143. Jesus, Our Brother, Strong and Good

Text Information
First Line: Jesus, our brother, strong and good
Title: Jesus, Our Brother, Strong and Good
Meter: Irr.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1998
Source: French carol, 12th century; tran. anon.
Tune Information
Name: ORIENTIS PARTIBUS
Harmonizer: Richard Redhead (1853)
Meter: Irr.
Key: F Major or modal
Source: French melody, early 13th century


Text Information:

This carol expands the legend that, on Christmas Eve, those animals that witnessed Jesus' birth were given the ability to speak

Tune Information:

The melody is from a medieval French procession commemorating the donkey's role in the flight into Egypt


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