Christmas
Away In A Manger
- Words:
- stanzas 1,2 anonymous published Philadelphia, 1885. stanza 3 John T. MacFarland (1851-1913).
- Music:
- 'Mueller' James R. Murray, 1887.
- Setting:
- "Hymnal for American Youth", 1919.
- Metre:
- 11 11 11 11
- 1Away in a manger, no crib for a bed,The little Lord Jesus laid down His sweet head.The stars in the sky looked down where He lay,The little Lord Jesus, asleep on the hay.
- 2The cattle are lowing, the Baby awakes,But little Lord Jesus, no crying He makes;I love Thee, Lord Jesus, look down from the skyAnd stay by my cradle til morning is nigh.
- 3Be near me, Lord Jesus, I ask Thee to stayClose by me forever, and love me, I pray;Bless all the dear children in Thy tender care,And fit us for Heaven to live with Thee there.
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- The words are in 653 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
- The tune, Mueller, is in 326 hymnals. The tune →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project (Brian J. Dumont), which places its own work in the public domain. Further sheet music is from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.