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'Jerusalem the Golden' is part of a satiric poem of almost three thousand lines, "De Contemptu Mundi" ("the contemptable world"), written around 1145 by Bernard of Cluny. The English translation is by John Mason Neale, made originally in 1851 and revised in 1858.
The tune is 'Ewing', written by Scottish musican Alexander Ewing in 1853.
It is performed here by the coir of Wells Cathedral.
Video background by Chet Valley Churches: St Mary, Sisland in South Norfolk.