BRASS BAND: When A Child Is Born Ciro Dammicco (Zacar) / Arr. Jan van Kraeydonck

When A Child Is Born is a Christmas song, with a melody taken from the 1970 song Tränen lügen nicht (Tears do not lie) by Michael Holm. The English lyrics were written a few years later by Austrian composer Fred Jay as a Christmas song, although the song does not actually make any specific reference to Christmas. The best known version of the song is perhaps the Jack Gold version for Johnny Mathis, whose version was the 1976 Christmas number one in the UK, and Boney M, who included it on their hit 1981 Christmas Album. The arrangement of this song is written by Jan van Kraeydonck.