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Text:Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates
Author:George Weissel, 1590-1635
Translator:Catherine Winkworth, 1827-78
Tune:WELLINGTON
Composer:Michael Fleming, b. 1928

8. Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates

Text Information
First Line: Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates
Author: George Weissel, 1590-1635
Translator: Catherine Winkworth, 1827-78
Meter: LM
Language: English
Publication Date: 1986
Topic: The Christian Year: Advent
Source: Tr. by Editors also
Copyright: Alteration © The Canterbury Press Norwich
Notes: Alternate tune GONFALON ROYAL 128b
Tune Information
Name: WELLINGTON
Composer: Michael Fleming, b. 1928
Meter: LM
Key: A♭ Major
Copyright: © The Canterbury Press Norwich



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