Hail! Our Brotherhood Foundation

Author: Anonymous

In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries. Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Hail, our Brotherhood foundation
Title: Hail! Our Brotherhood Foundation
Author: Anonymous
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Brothers true and ready

Tune

[Christian, rouse thee! war is raging]

The first four lines of this tune constitute the Common Metre hymn tune HARLECH; a transcription of the melody and the most commonly found English lyrics of the martial folk tune are given in the Digital Tradition: MEN OF HARLECH (a Welsh text and translation are here).

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Instances

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The Fellowship Hymn Book #30

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The Fellowship Hymn Book #30

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The Y.M.C.A. Hymnal #269

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