Text:The sun is sinking fast
Translator:Rev. E. Caswall
Tune:ST. COLUMBA
Composer:Herbert S. Irons

21. The sun is sinking fast

Text Information
First Line: The sun is sinking fast
Latin Title: Sol praeceps rapitur
Translator: Rev. E. Caswall (1858)
Meter: 6 4. 6 6.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1939
Topic: Evening
Source: Latin 18th c.
Notes: Alternative tune, DOLOMITE CHANT, Nos. 236 and 625.
Tune Information
Name: ST. COLUMBA
Composer: Herbert S. Irons (1861)
Meter: 6 4. 6 6.
Key: F Major



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