Tallis's Canon

DESCRIPTION: "Glory to thee, my God This night for all the blessings of the light Keep me, oh keep me, King of kings Beneath Thine own almighty wings." This is all that is apparently sung in camps
AUTHOR: Words: Thomas Ken (1637-1711) / Music: Thomas Tallis (source: hymnary.org)
EARLIEST DATE: 1695 (composition of words, according to Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs)
KEYWORDS: religious nonballad campsong
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REFERENCES (3 citations):
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, p. 446, "Tallis Canon" (notes only)
ChansonsDeNotreChalet, p. 9, "Tallis' Canon" (1 text, 1 tune)
SongsOfManyNations, "Tallis' Canon" (1 text, 1 tune) (CC edition, p. 79) (12th edition, p. 77)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Old Hundred" (use of lyrics)
NOTES [34 words]: This is more or less the song that gave us "The Doxology"; it was the fourth verse of the text for which the "Glory to thee" verse is the first. For more on Thomas Ken, see the notes to "Old Hundred." - RBW
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File: ACSF446T

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