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Text:Come, ye faithful, raise the strain
Author:John of Damascus
Translator:John M. Neale
Tune:ST. KEVIN
Composer:Arthur S. Sullivan

264. Come, ye faithful, raise the strain

Text Information
First Line: Come, ye faithful, raise the strain
Title: Come, ye faithful, raise the strain
Author: John of Damascus
Translator: John M. Neale
Language: English
Publication Date: 1992
Source: First Ode of Canon for the Sunday after Easter, 8th c.; Christian Remembrancer, 1859, alt.
Tune Information
Name: ST. KEVIN
Composer: Arthur S. Sullivan
Meter: 76. 76D
Key: G Major
Source: The Hymnary, 1872



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