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Song of the Ship

There comes a ship a-sailing

Tune: ES KOMMT EIN SCHIFF GELADEN
Published in 1 hymnal

Text Information

First Line: There comes a ship a-sailing
Title: Song of the Ship
German Title: Es kommt ein Schiff geladen
Source: Tr.: Oxford Book of Carols; German, c. 1470
Place of Origin: Germany
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
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Tune

ES KOMMT EIN SCHIFF GELADEN

The tune ES KOMMT EIN SCHIFF GELADEN was originally part of a German Maria-lied, or love song to Mary. The tune became a carol when it was set to a text attributed to the mystic Johannes Tauler (around 1300-1361). It was published with Tauler's text in the Roman Catholic Andernacher Gesangbuch of 16…

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The Oxford Book of Carols #90a

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