Meter: 7.6.7.6 DAppears in 78 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Ernest C. MacMillanScripture: Luke 2:7Tune Sources: Piae Cantiones, 1582Tune Key: G MajorIncipit: 11121 15656 71111 Used With Text: Gentle Mary Laid Her Child
Appears in 36 hymnalsScripture: Luke 2:8-15Tune Sources: African-American spiritualTune Key: D MajorIncipit: 16116 16165 55577 Used With Text: Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow
Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.7.7Appears in 66 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Johann Schop; J. S. BachScripture: Luke 2:8-14Tune Key: E Flat MajorIncipit: 11234 55453 43232 Used With Text: Break Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly Light
Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.6 with refrainAppears in 43 hymnalsScripture: Luke 2:8-14Tune Sources: French Canadian melodyTune Key: g minorIncipit: 51234 32171 1271 Used With Text: Huron Carol
Meter: IrregularAppears in 26 hymnalsScripture: Luke 2:14Tune Sources: Peruvian trad.Tune Key: F MajorIncipit: 55455 54544 34515 Used With Text: Glory to God
Meter: 8.6.8.6 DAppears in 276 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Ralph Vaughan WilliamsScripture: Luke 2:8-15Tune Sources: English Country Songs, 1893Tune Key: e minorIncipit: 32111 73343 45543 Used With Text: O Sing a Song of Bethlehem
Appears in 25 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Diana Kodner, b. 1957Scripture: Luke 2:7-21Tune Sources: West Indian carolTune Key: F MajorIncipit: 51111 21725 54444 Used With Text: The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy
Meter: 6.6.6.6.6 with refrainAppears in 69 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Gustav Theodore HolstScripture: Luke 2Tune Sources: Piae Cantiones, 1582Tune Key: e minorIncipit: 11544 55516 75457 Used With Text: On This Day Earth Shall Ring
Meter: 8.7.8.7 DAppears in 126 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Richard Proulx, b. 1937Scripture: Luke 2:7Tune Sources: Christian Lyre, 1830Tune Key: E Flat MajorIncipit: 32161 23532 32161 Used With Text: Sing of Mary, Pure and Lowly
Meter: IrregularAppears in 34 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Hugo JüngstScripture: Luke 2:8-12Tune Key: B Flat MajorIncipit: 32177 12332 17712 Used With Text: While by the Sheep we Watched at Night