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.