The Presbyterian Hymnal ‎#64

64. From a Distant Home

Text Information

• First Line: De tierra lejana venimos a verte (From a distant home the Savior we come seeking)
• Title: From a Distant Home
• Spanish Title: De Tierra Lejan Venimos
• Translator: George K. Evans
• Translator: Walter Ehret
• Refrain First Line: O brillante estre (Lovely eastern star)
• Meter: 12.12 with refrain
• Language: English; Spanish
• Publication Date: 1990
• Scripture:
  Matthew 2:1-12
  ;
  Matthew 2:23
• Source: Puerto Rican carol
• Copyright: Copyright © 1963, 1980 by Walter Ehret and George K. Evans, from The International Book of Christmas Carols. Reprinted by permission of Viking Penguin, a division of Penguin Books USA Inc.
• ONE LICENSE: 30139123

Tune Information

• Name: ISLA DEL ENCANTO
• Meter: 12.12 with refrain
• Key: c minor