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Text:O Queen of Heaven (Regina Caeli)
Translator:C. Winfred Douglas, 1867-1944
Tune:REGINA CAELI
Arranger:Robert LeBlanc, b. 1948

443. O Queen of Heaven (Regina Caeli)

[English]
O Queen of heaven, be joyful, alleluia,
For he whom you have humbly borne for us, alleluia,
Has arisen, as he promised, alleluia,
Offer now our prayer to God, alleluia.[

[Latin]
Regína caeli, laetáre, allelúia,
Quia quem meruísti portáre, allelúia,
Resurréxit sicut dixit, allelúia,
Ora pro nobis Deum, allelúia.

Text Information
First Line: O Queen of heaven, be joyful, alleluia (Regnia caeli, latare, alleluia)
Title: O Queen of Heaven (Regina Caeli)
Translator: C. Winfred Douglas, 1867-1944 (alt.)
Meter: Irregular
Language: English; Latin
Publication Date: 1986
Topic: Easter Vigil; Easter; Easter Season (5 more...)
Source: Latin, 12th C.
Tune Information
Name: REGINA CAELI
Arranger: Robert LeBlanc, b. 1948
Meter: Irregular
Key: F Major
Source: Mode VI
Copyright: Acc. © 1986, GIA Publications, Inc.



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