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Text:Regina Caeli (O Queen of Heaven)
Author:C. Winfred Douglas, 1867-1944
Tune:REGINA CAELI LAETARE

416. Regina Caeli (O Queen of Heaven)

LATIN -
Regina celi, laetare, alleluia,
quia quem meruisti portare, alleluia,
resurrexit sicut dixit, alleluia,
Ora pro nobis Deum, alleluia.

O Queen of heaven, be joyful, alleluia,
For he whom you have humbly borne for us, alleluia,
Has arisen, as he promised, alleluia,
Offer now our prayer to God, alleluia.

Text Information
First Line: Regina caeli, laetare, alleluia (O Queen of heaven, be joyful, alleluia
Title: Regina Caeli (O Queen of Heaven)
Latin Title: Regina caeli, laetare
Author: C. Winfred Douglas, 1867-1944 (alt.)
Meter: Irregular
Language: English; Latin
Publication Date: 2012
Topic: Mary; Musical Style: Chant; Night Prayer: Antiphon in Honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary (1 more...)
Source: Latin, 12th cent.
Tune Information
Name: REGINA CAELI LAETARE
Meter: Irregular
Key: F Major or modal
Source: Chant, Mode VI; Liber Cantualis, 1983



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