Se Com Destreza Eu Falar

Paraphraser: João Wilson Faustini

b. 1931, Bariri, São Paulo, Brazil. Presbyterian pastor, choir director, organist, singer, composer, translator, arranger and publisher of largest collection of Sacred Music in the Portuguese language. From 1982 to 1996 - Pastor at St. Paul's Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) Newark, NJ, the oldest Brazilian Presbyterian Church in the USA. Retired on December 31, 1996. After Rev. Faustini was a Minister of Music at Second Presbyterian Church of Elizabeth. [Source?] Pseudonym: J. Costa. Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Se com destreza eu falar
Title: Se Com Destreza Eu Falar
English Title: Though I may speak
Paraphraser: João Wilson Faustini (1991)
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Source: Paráfrase de Corintios 13
Language: Portuguese
Copyright: © Copyright 2001 de J. W. Faustini

Tune

O WALY WALY

O WALY WALY is a traditional English melody associated with the song "O Waly, Waly, gin love be bony," the words of which date back at least to Ramsay's Tea Table Miscellany (1724-1732), and as the setting for a folk ballad about Jamie Douglas. It is also well known in the Appalachian region of the…

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