This one is not an Advent-candle song, but merely a Christmas song that mentions candles. Still, I'd be interested in seeing the Swedish source (or at least having the original title):
A THOUSAND CANDLES
Swedish carol, tr., Evie Karlsson, tr. © 1977 Word Music
(from The Hymnal for Worship & Celebrations, no. 159)Here's the MID2txt:
- We light a thousand candles bright
around the earth today,
and all the beams will shine across
the heavens' grand display.- Yes over land and sea tonight
the joyful message brings
the birth of Him, our Lord and Christ,
our Savior and our King.- Dear brightest star o'er Bethlehem,
oh let your precious light
shine in with hope and peace toward men
in every home tonight.- In all our houses cold and dark
please send your warmth sublime,
the warmth that comes from Jesus' love
this blessed Christmas time.MIDI file: 1000cdls.mid
Timebase: 192
Name: Thousand Candles
Text: By Emmy Kohler (1858-1925)
Copyright: public domain
Key: F
TimeSig: 4/4 24 8
Start
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EndThis program is worth the effort of learning it.
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ABC format:
X:1
T:Thousand Candles
M:4/4
Q:1/4=120
K:F
C2A2A2G2|G2F2DCC2|-CCD2D2G2|EDC6|Ccc2c2B2|
B2A2F2D2|-DFE2E2G2|-GFF11/2||
Haruo PS: I have one more I was going to add, a German song Wir sagen euch an den lieben Advent, which I only have in Esperanto (would like to see German, and English if it exists) but I see I left the MID2TXT file at home. Alas, Smyrna (as they say in Yiddish).