Swedish Christmas song
"När juldagsmorgon glimmar" (Swedish for "When Christmas morning glimmers") is a Swedish Christmas song. Betty Ehrenborg-Posse wrote the text in 1851 to the tune of the German student song from 1819, "Wir hatten gebauet ein stattliches Haus".
Christmas lyrics.
The Swedish adaptation is often sung in homes, in schools and sometimes in Saint Lucia's Day processions. It was originally used by the Swedish free church movement. The lyrics includes childhood references that were removed when the song was included in the hymnal "Den svenska psalmboken" (1986), and replaced with an adapted version of the lyrics that was originally published in 1906 in the song book "Sjung svenska folk!". Who made this adaptation is unknown.
The song has been recorded by Agnetha Fältskog on her 1981 Christmas album "Nu tändas tusen juleljus", by Hasse Andersson on "Jul i Kvinnaböske" from 1986, and by Kikki Danielsson on "Min barndoms jular" from 1987.
Melody.
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 c4 | a'2 g4 a4 | f2 c4 c4 | c'2 bes4 c4 | a2 r4 f4 |
 d'4 d4 d4 d4 | c2 a4 c4| c4 bes8 a8 bes4 c4| a2 r4 f4 |
 d'4 d4 f4 d4 | c2 a4 c4| c4 bes8 a8 bes4 c4| a2 r4| \bar "|."
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 Wir | hat -- ten ge -- | bau -- et ein | statt -- li -- ches | Haus und |
 drin auf Gott ver -- | trau -- et trotz | Wet -- te -- r, Sturm und | Graus, und
 drin auf Gott ver -- | trau -- et trotz | Wet -- te -- r, Sturm und | Graus.
 ;/score ;
References.
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