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[Slowly fall the snowflakes]

Composer: W. Borrow

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Tune Information

Title: [Slowly fall the snowflakes]
Composer: W. Borrow
Meter: 11.11.11.11
Incipit: 33551 33332 12335
Key: G Major
Source: Carols Old and Carols New, by Charles L. Hutchins (Boston, Massachusetts: Parish Choir, 1916), number 10
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

Slowly fall the snowflakes

In the early morning

In the early morning,
Ere the darkness clears,
Lo, a star most radiant,
High in heaven appears;
And their eyes behold it,
Glowing like a gem,
As the sages journey
Forth to Bethlehem.

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Love Is Come Again

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #4623
Text: Now the Green Blade Rises
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The Cyber Hymnal #6151
Text: Slowly Fall the Snowflakes
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The Cyber Hymnal #10773
Text: In The Early Morning
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