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Text:Hail Thee, Festival Day!
Author:Venantius Honorius Fortunatus
Tune:SALVE FESTA DIES
Composer:Ralph Vaughan Williams

120. Hail Thee, Festival Day!

Text Information
First Line: Christ, who was nailed to the cross
Title: Hail Thee, Festival Day!
Author: Venantius Honorius Fortunatus
Refrain First Line: Hail three, festival day!
Meter: 7.9.7.7 with refrain
Language: English
Publication Date: 1990
Topic: Jesus Christ: Kingship
Source: Lutheran Book of Worship, 1978, trans. from
Copyright: Translation copyright © 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship. Used by permission of Augsburg Fortress.
Tune Information
Name: SALVE FESTA DIES
Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1906)
Meter: 7.9.7.7 with refrain
Key: F Major
Copyright: From the English Hymnal, 1906. Used by permissionof Oxford University Press.



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