It was on a starry night (StF 206)

Festivals and Seasons:
Christmas
Authors & translators:
Webb, Joy (auth)
Metre:
Irregular
Composers & arrangers:
Wright, Paul Leddington
Composers & arrangers:
Webb, Joy (comp)
Source:
Singing the Faith: 206 (CD9 #6)
Verses:
2
STF Number:
206

Ideas for use

Hymns with a chorus, such as this one, can also work very well with children and younger people. You can suggest that the children join in with the chorus only - this not only offers an element of memorable repetition for them; it adds some variety and uplift to the congregational sound. (See Let the children sing.)

More information

Joy Webb (left) was a Salvation Army captain who had success in the UK popular music charts.

Joy Webb's other hymns in Singing the Faith are When I'm feeling down and sad (StF 642) and I should like to speak to you (StF 522). For an account of Joy's chart successes with the Joystrings in the 1960s, see When I'm feeling down and sad.
 
 
 

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