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35. Royal day that chasest gloom

Text Information
First Line: Royal day that chasest gloom
Latin Title: Dies est laetitiae
Author: John Mason Neale (1818-1866)
Meter: 76.76.776.776
Language: English
Publication Date: 1983
Topic: Christmas
Source: Latin, probably 12 Century
Tune Information
Name: DIES EST LAETITIAE
Harmonizer: DNS
Meter: 76.76.776.776
Key: G Major or modal
Source: Associated with this text at least from the 15th Century in one or another variant
Copyright: Harmony © 1970 DNS



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