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Natal de Elvas

Also known as: Olhei para o céu and Eu hei de dar ao Menino

CarolPortuguese18th century

  • Traditional

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Melody adapted by Lingo House from the transcription by Michel Rondeau (arrangement, via IMSLP) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Text and translation

Eu hei-de dar ao Menino

I will give the Child

Uma fitinha pró chapéu

A little ribbon for His hat

E ele também me há de dar

And He will also give me

Um lugarzinho no céu.

A little place in heaven.

Olhei para o céu, estava estrelado

I looked at the sky, it was full of stars

Vi o Deus Menino em palhas deitado.

I saw the Holy Child lying on straw.

Em palhas deitado, em palhas estendido,

Lying on straw, stretched out on straw,

Filho duma rosa, dum cravo nascido!

Son of a rose, born of a carnation!

Estas palavras disse a Virgem

These words the Virgin said

Ai quando nasceu o Menino

Ah, when the Child was born

Ai vinde cá meu anjo loiro

Ah, come here my fair-haired angel

Meu sacramento divino.

My divine sacrament.

Sheet music

On the piano, by letter

The notes of one verse, bar by bar, with the chord above where it changes. The small number is the octave: 4 is the octave that starts at middle C.

  1. FC4
  2. A4G4
  3. B♭F4E4F4D4
  4. CC4
  5. FA3C4
  6. A4G4
  7. F4E4F4A4
  8. CG4
  9. GmD4D4
  10. B♭4A4
  11. C7G4A4B♭4C5
  12. FD5C5C5
  13. B♭ FB♭4A4
  14. C7G4G4C4
  15. FC4
  16. A4A4A4G4
  17. C7 FG4F4F4
  18. F4E4F4
  19. CG4G4
  20. C7B♭4B♭4B♭4A4
  21. A4G4G4
  22. G4F4G4
  23. FA4A4
  24. A4A4A4G4
  25. C7 FG4F4F4
  26. F4E4F4
  27. CG4G4
  28. C7B♭4B♭4B♭4A4
  29. A4G4F4
  30. E4A4G4
  31. FF4
3AC4DEFGAC5DB♭
The keys the song uses. The small numbers mark the C that starts each octave.

Guitar chords

Put a capo on fret 3 and play these shapes: they sound as the song’s chords.

  • D××○sounds as F
  • G○○○sounds as B♭
  • A×○○sounds as C
  • Em○○○○sounds as Gm
  • A7×○○○sounds as C7

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