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Text:The Boyhood of Christ
Author:J. B. de Santeuil, 1630-97
Paraphraser:G. B. Timms
Tune:ST CHAD
Composer:Christopher Dearnley, b. 1930

45. The Boyhood of Christ

Text Information
First Line: The growing limbs of God the Son
Title: The Boyhood of Christ
Paraphraser: G. B. Timms
Author: J. B. de Santeuil, 1630-97
Meter: LM
Language: English
Publication Date: 1986
Topic: The Christian Year: Sundays after Christmas
Source: Divine crescebas puer by J. B. de Santeuil (in part based on)
Copyright: Permission granted by Canterbury Press Norwich
Tune Information
Name: ST CHAD
Composer: Christopher Dearnley, b. 1930
Meter: LM
Key: F Major
Copyright: By permission of Oxford Univeristy Press (from "English Praise")



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