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Text:Joyful Christmas Day Is Here
Author:Toshiaki Okamoto
Translator:Sandra Fukunaga
Translator:Hidemi Ito
Tune:KURISUMASU
Composer:Toshiaki Okamoto

39. Joyful Christmas Day Is Here

Text Information
First Line: Joyful, joyful, joyful, joyful, Christmas day is here
Title: Joyful Christmas Day Is Here
Author: Toshiaki Okamoto (1907)
Translator: Sandra Fukunaga (1981)
Translator: Hidemi Ito (1981)
Meter: 13.9.12.13.13.9
Language: English
Publication Date: 1990
Copyright: Text and Music: Used by permission of JASRAC, license no. 8971244.; Translation © 1983 by Hidemi Ito and Sandra Fukunaga. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Tune Information
Name: KURISUMASU
Composer: Toshiaki Okamoto
Meter: 13.9.12.13.13.9
Key: F Major
Copyright: Text and Music: Used by permission of JASRAC, license no. 8971244.



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