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WHEN  A  CHILD  IS  BORN

Time signature:  4/4
Tempo: Somewhat slow
Music by: Zacar and D.B.Bembo
Lyrics by: Fred Jay
UNDER CONSTRUCTION:  Notation and youTube keys need to be checked.
Accordion Notation
Beats per bar = 4
Beat symbol  =   Dot ( . ) or equevalent     
Outside row (high) =   Buttons  5 to 11*
Either  row  (low)    =  Buttons  2 to 7*

Verse 1 (of 4)

​"5   "6   "7*   |   :7       "7*  "7   "8*   "6*   |   .;6
"2   "3   "3*   |   :4       "3*  "4   "4*   "2*   |   .;3  
A   ray   of       hope  flick-ers  in    the      sky

"5  "6 "7    |   :8      "9*    "10*  "9*  "7   |   ;:7*
"2  "3 "4    |   :5      "5*    "6*    "5*  "4   |   ;:3*
 A   ti - ny     star  lights  up   way  up     high

'9*  '8   |    "9*    "8    "8*        "10* "9     "11*    "10*    |    :8
'5*  '5   |    "5*    "5    "4*        "6*   "6      "7*      "6*     |    :5
All  a  -  cross  the  land,  dawns  a   brand   new       morn

​:( 7        7*     6 )   |    :8        "7*   "7   "8*   "6*   |   .;6
:( 4        3*     3 )   |    :5        "3*   "4   "4*   "2*   |   .;3
 This comes to       pass  when   a   child  is      born


​After Verse 3 - some performances have a spoken part (see lyrics near bottom of page),
                         while others insert an instrumental section.
At end of Verse 4 - some performances end with the following repeat of the last line;
                                some use it to replace the last line given above.  In either case, slow at end.


​ "7       "7*    "6    |    :8        "7*   "7   "8*   "6*   |   ::6~ | ~.;
 "4       "3*    "3    |    :5        "3*   "4   "4*   "2*   |   ::3~ | ~.; 

This comes to       pass  when   a   child  is      born____


Embedded youTube VIDEOS

Twelve videos in various keys:   B=1    C=2    D=4     D,E=1    Eb=1     Eb,E=1     F#,G=1     G,A=1

Key:   D

Singer:  Daniel O'Donnell

​Posted by:  Daniel O'Donnell - Topic

Key:  Eb

Singer:  Johnny Mathis

​Posted by:  ​​JohnnyMathisVEVO

Singing begins at time 0:45  after Johnny's introduction.

Key:  C  from time 0 to 

Singer:  Jose Mari Chan

​Posted by:  ThatMadeSense

Key: F# (or Gb)  from time 0 to 2:47
        G  from 2:48 ro 3:15
        (A different tune begins at 3:21)
        
Singer:  M. Boney

Posted by:  boneymanu

Key:  D

Singer: Sarah Brightman

Posted by:  sissye1000
​

Key:  G  from time 0 to 2:40
​         A  from 2:41 to 3:27

Singer:  Lee Ryan

Posted by: theolderfansadvent



Key:  Eb  from time 0 to 1:40
         E   from  1:41 to END.

Singer:  Charlotte Church

​Posted by:  Charlotte Church

Key:  D from time 0 to 2:20
         E  from time 2:21 to END

Singer: Andrea Bocelli

Posted by: Nilda Ivette


Key:  B

Group:  The Seekers

​Posted by:  DreamsILive

​

Key:  C

Singer:  Silvie Paladino

Posted by: chrisrad79

Key:  D

Singer:  Judy Collins

Posted by:  JudyCollinsForever

Key:  D  from time 0 to 2:08
​         Eb from 2:09 to END

Group:  Stonefields Choir
​Directed by:  Kate Bell

​Posted by:  Richard Clapp



Background Materials, Information & Links

​Lyrics:

A ray of hope flickers in the sky
A tiny star lights up way up high
All across the land, dawns a brand new morn
This comes to pass when a child is born

A silent wish sails the seven seas
The winds of change whisper in the trees
And the walls of doubt crumble, tossed and torn
This comes to pass when a child is born

A rosy hue settles all around
You've got the feel you're on solid ground
For a spell or two, no one seems forlorn
This comes to pass when a child is born

Spoken:  And all of this happens because the world is waiting,
                Waiting for one child
                Black, white, yellow, no one knows
                But a child that will grow up and turn tears to laughter,
                Hate to love, war to peace and everyone to everyone's neighbor
                And misery and suffering will be words to be forgotten, forever


​It's all a dream, an illusion now
It must come true, sometime soon somehow
All across the land, dawns a brand new morn
This comes to pass when a child is born



Background Links:
Click HERE for additional wikipedia info about this song.

Click HERE  for wikipedia"s biographical info on Zacar (alias for Ciro Dammicco, who, with Dario Bembo, wrote the original melody in 1974, based on an earlier tune (Le rose blu) that Zacar had written in 1972..