One or two hymns, however, had been cyclostyled, taught to the boys and committed to memory.
They sang two hymns from the 18th century at James Gandolfini's funeral service on Thursday, and a song from "Les Misérables".
The duke and duchess chose two hymns, two lessons and two anthems for the christening.
Two hymns are sung; there is no address.
The nine hymns of the Sodar ("Gate") collection are sung by devout Sikhs at sundown each day.
Finally, there is the Kirtan Sohila, a group of five hymns sung immediately before retiring for the night.
The next six hymns deal with Christian duties and are followed by ten hymns on the Gospels.
The temple is revered in Nalayira Divya Prabandham, the 7th 9th century Vaishnava canon, by Periazhwar in eleven hymns and Thirumangai Azhwar in thirteen hymns.
He wrote two or three hymns, which were published in the local newspaper.
Seventy-nine hymns using his verses were included in Nicolaus Zinzendorf's Christ-Catholisches Singe und Bet-Büchlein (1727).
