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Text:All Poor Ones and Humble
Author (st. 2):William T. P. Davies
Translator (St. 1 and refrain):Katharine E. Roberts
Tune:OLWEN

163. All Poor Ones and Humble

Text Information
First Line: All poor ones and humble
Title: All Poor Ones and Humble
Translator (St. 1 and refrain): Katharine E. Roberts (1927)
Author (st. 2): William T. P. Davies (1951)
Refrain First Line: Then haste we to show him
Meter: 668.668D w. refrain
Language: English
Publication Date: 1998
Source: St. 1 and refrain, traditional Welsh carol; The Oxford Book of Carols, 1928, alt.
Copyright: Tr. st. 1 © 1928 by permission of Oxford University Press; Words, st. 2 © 1951 W. T. Pennar Davies
Tune Information
Name: OLWEN
Meter: 668.668D w. refrain
Key: F Major or modal
Source: Traditional Welsh carol; Harm. The Oxford Book of Carols, 1928
Copyright: Harm. © 1928 by permission of Oxford University Press


Text Information:

This Welsh carol comes to us through The Oxford Book of Carols, 1928, a landmark collection of folk tunes and texts

Tune Information:

This Welsh carol comes to us through The Oxford Book of Carols, 1928, a landmark collection of folk tunes and texts


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