Salve Caput Cruentatum
Translation: Textus originalis Latinus
Tune: “Sillery” • 88 88 8
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Salve Caput Cruentatum (“Hail, O head whose gore pours down thee”)
Translation: Fr. Dominic Popplewell
Tune: “Sillery” • 88 88 8
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Ave Vivens Hostia (“Hail, Thou living Victim blest”)
Translation: Msgr. Hugh T. Henry
First Tune: “Gott Sei Dank E6” • 76 76 A
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Ave Maris Stella (“Hail, thou star above the sea”)
Translation: Fr. John Fitzpatrick, Oblate of Mary
Seventh Tune: “Würtemburg E6” • 76 76 A
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“God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen”
The meaning of “God rest you merry” is “God keep you merry.” Note the archaic use of the word rest (“keep”)—indeed, this carol probably dates from the 16th century.
Tune: “God Rest You Merry” • 86 86 86 R
