When Breaks the Dawn ‎#28

28. Christmas Joy

Text Information

• First Line: There is laughter on our faces (Há sorriso em cada face)
• Title: Christmas Joy
• Portuguese Title: Alegria do Natal
• Author: Wilson de Castro Ferreira, b. 1913
• Translator: João Wilson Faustini
• Refrain First Line: It's Natal! It's Natal! (No Natal, no Natal)
• Meter: 87 87 with refrain
• Language: English; Portuguese
• Publication Date: 2006
• Scripture:
  Luke 2:1-20
• Topic: Christmas
• Copyright: Original Portuguese text and English translation © 2006 by Wayne Leupold Editions Inc., for all countries of the world except Brazil and Portugal

Tune Information

• Name: NATAL
• Composer: João Wilson Faustini
• Meter: 87 87 with refrain
• Key: G Major or modal
• Copyright: © 2006 by Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc., for all countries of the world except Brazil and Portugal