 Each successive line of this hymn begins on the next scale degree, so each note's name was the syllable sung at that pitch in this hymn.Ut queant laxīs    resonāre fībrīs
Mīra gestōrum    famulī tuōrum,
Solve pollūtī    labiī reātum,
Sancte Iōhannēs.The words were written by Paulus Diaconus in the 8th century.