It was
written by American Roman Catholic and Medical Mission Sister, Miriam Therese
Winter (b 1938), in 1965 inspired by her experiences after joining a
convent shortly before Vatican II.
It was the title-track of Winter's 1966 LP and the accompanying sheet music collection. The LP is now out of print but copies are often available on Amazon. The songbook is still available from the Medical Mission Sisters website.
The song was later included in Winter's music book, Songlines and is also in some other books, eg Let the People Sing (link below). These are the best sources of sheet-music for the song.
It was used in very many countries by English-speaking Catholic missionaries in the 1960s and 70s. and Winter has commented (see video below) that wherever she went, the song had arrived before her. The range of YouTube videos shows that it is still sung in many places and denominations today.
It was the title-track of Winter's 1966 LP and the accompanying sheet music collection. The LP is now out of print but copies are often available on Amazon. The songbook is still available from the Medical Mission Sisters website.
The song was later included in Winter's music book, Songlines and is also in some other books, eg Let the People Sing (link below). These are the best sources of sheet-music for the song.
It was used in very many countries by English-speaking Catholic missionaries in the 1960s and 70s. and Winter has commented (see video below) that wherever she went, the song had arrived before her. The range of YouTube videos shows that it is still sung in many places and denominations today.
The tune, which Winter named JOY IS LIKE THE RAIN, has a 4/4 time signature. In the key of D the first few notes are DFEB, CEDA, with accompanying guitar chords D / Em / A7 / D.
Downloads
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Examples
Original recording
Teaching track for a children's choral competition entry
The author, explaining why the song was written, and leading a group of singing it - piano accompaniment
Trio - unaccompanied
Instrumental - piano
Lyrics
The lyrics are copyright so cannot be reproduced here. But they are currently available on this website. A rough outline is:1 I saw raindrops on my window,
Joy is like the rain.
....
....
Joy is like the rain.
2 I saw clouds upon a mountain,
....
Joy is like a cloud.
3 I saw Christ in wind and thunder, ...
Joy is tried by storm.
4 I saw raindrops on the river ...
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