Cancion del peregrino

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Al cielo iré: peregrino soy

Author: Anonymous
Tune: FEDERAL STREET
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Author: Anonymous

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First Line:	Al cielo iré: peregrino soy
Title:	Cancion del peregrino
Author:	Anonymous
Publication Date:	1881
Copyright:	This text is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before 1929.

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FEDERAL STREET

Henry Kemble Oliver (b. Beverly, MA, 1800; d. Salem, MA, 1885) composed FEDERAL STREET in 1832, possibly as an imitation of earlier psalm tunes in long meter. He took it to a music class taught by Lowell Mason (who may have contributed to the harmony); Mason (PHH 96) published it in his Boston Acade…

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