{"id":2198,"date":"2020-12-03T16:21:17","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T16:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.risen.org.uk\/?p=2198"},"modified":"2021-01-21T10:16:04","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T10:16:04","slug":"blog-december-3rd-when-a-child-is-born","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/?p=2198","title":{"rendered":"Blog December 3rd \u201cWhen a Child is Born\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gjYWYJudTPE&list=TLPQMDIxMjIwMjA7sa1AUNZbKg&index=3<\/a><\/p>\n

Last week I shared a video of the Little Drummer Boy\u201d- which I believe is regarded as not just a Christmas song, but as a Christmas carol. Apparently, the difference is that Christmas carols have Christian lyrics, while Christmas songs are secular.<\/p>\n

I remember Crofton School Carol Services being held at Holy Rood and a favourite carol being \u201cWhen a Child is Born.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here is some more information about this beautiful song which I hope you enjoy listening to via the video clip.<\/p>\n

The original melody of \u201cWhen a Child is Born\u201d is “Soleado<\/a>“, a tune from 1974 by\u00a0Ciro Dammicco<\/a>\u00a0(alias Zacar), composer for Italy’s\u00a0Daniel Sentacruz Ensemble<\/a>, and Dario Baldan Bembo. The tune was based on Damicco’s earlier tune “Le rose blu” published in 1972. The\u00a0English language<\/a>\u00a0lyrics were written a few years later by Fred Jay (Friedrich Alex Jacobson\u00a0 who wrote many hits for\u00a0Boney M<\/a>,\u00a0such as\u00a0Rasputin<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Ma Baker<\/a>). Fred Jay’s lyrics have been sung by many artists, most successfully by\u00a0Johnny Mathis<\/a>\u00a0in 1976, whose version was the\u00a0Christmas number one<\/a>\u00a0in the UK.<\/p>\n

Just out of interest you might like to know that Johnny Mathis is still alive aged 85 and that he was a star athlete at\u00a0George Washington High School<\/a>\u00a0in San Francisco. He was a high jumper and hurdler, and he played on the basketball team. In 1954, he enrolled at\u00a0San Francisco State College<\/a>\u00a0on an athletic scholarship, intending to become an English teacher and a\u00a0physical education<\/a>\u00a0teacher. While there, Mathis set a high-jump record of 6′-5 1\/2″ [1.97 m]. This is still one of the college’s top jump heights and was only 7 cm [two inches] short of the 1952 Olympic record of 2.04 m at the time.<\/p>\n

Quote for the week<\/p>\n

Whoever loves money never has money enough<\/p>\n

Ecclesiastes 5:10<\/p>\n

Steven Furtick<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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