Christmas Day 1948

James Pitt-Payne and Ian Cousins, Opera Australia - 07 Nov 2002

The Northwind is tossing the leaves,
The reddust is over the town;
The sparrows are under the eaves
And the grass in the paddock is brown;
As we lift up our voices and sing
To the ChristChild the Heavenly King.

The treeferns in green gullies sway;
The cool stream flows silently by:
The joybells are greeting the day,
And the chimes are adrift in the sky,
As we lift up our voices and sing
To the ChristChild, the Heavenly King.

Soft karaoke
Words
str 25
str 50
str 110
fr hrn 60
brass 75
choir aah
choir aah
piano t clef
pizz str
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Christmas Day 1948
Music by William G. James
Lyrics by John Wheeler
copyright MCMXLVIII by Chappell and Co. Ltd.
sequence and karaoke by
James Pitt-Payne, London UK and
Ian Cousins, Opera Australia
on Friday 08 November 2002 at 07.38
in association with Doug Grierson
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