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Text:Come, ye faithful, raise the strain
Author:John of Damascus
Translator:John Mason Neale
Tune:St. KEVIN
Composer:Arthur S. Sullivan
Composer (descant):Charles H. Webb

161. Come, ye faithful, raise the strain

5. "Alleluia!" our immortal King,
Who has burst the bars of the tomb's dark portal;
"Alleluia!" God the Father praising
Alleluia! to the Spirit raising.

Text Information
First Line: Come, ye faithful, raise the strain
Author: John of Damascus
Translator: John Mason Neale
Publication Date: 1993
Notes: Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain (United Methodist Hymnal No. 315)
Tune Information
Name: St. KEVIN
Composer: Arthur S. Sullivan
Composer (descant): Charles H. Webb
Key: G Major
Copyright: Descant © 1993 Abingdon Press
Notes: Descant (Vocal or Instrumental) Trumpet plays cue notes. Part transposed for Bᵇ trumpet in Appendix A.



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