Catholic Activity: Hymn: Drop Down Dew

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Text, Isaias 45:8; melody, first (Dorian) mode. This is the medieval Advent call-—sing three times, each time a tone higher.

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Ye Heavens, dew drop from above and rain ye clouds the just one.

Activity Source: Around the Year with the Trapp Family by Maria Augusta Trapp, Pantheon Books Inc., New York, New York, 1955

Fri13 December
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