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247. Light's abode, celestial Salem

Text Information
First Line: Light's abode, celestial Salem
Translator: John Mason Neale (1818-1866) (alt.)
Meter: 87.87.87
Language: English
Publication Date: 1983
Topic: Faithful Departed
Source: From "De gloria caelestis Jerusalem" in the Karlsruhe ms. 368 (15th Century)
Tune Information
Name: MILLER CHAPEL
Composer: David Hugh Jones (1900- )
Meter: 87.87.87
Key: D Major
Copyright: © 1954 by John Ribble



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