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Text:When Christmas Morn Is Dawning
Author:Elisabeth Ehrenborg-Posse, 19th cent.
Translator:Joel W. Lundeen, b. 1918
Tune:WIR HATTEN GEBAUET

59. When Christmas Morn Is Dawning

Text Information
First Line: When Christmas morn is dawning
Title: When Christmas Morn Is Dawning
Translator: Joel W. Lundeen, b. 1918
Author: Elisabeth Ehrenborg-Posse, 19th cent.
Meter: 76 76 76
Language: English
Publication Date: 1978
Topic: Christmas
Source: Elisabeth Ehrenborg-Posse, Barnsanger, 19th cent.
Copyright: Tr. © 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship
Tune Information
Name: WIR HATTEN GEBAUET
Meter: 76 76 76
Key: E♭ Major
Source: German folk tune, 1823



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