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Away in a Manger: the melody (soprano)

The melody of Away in a Manger, sung by the soprano, in G, from D4 to E5. Hear it on its own or with the others, then sing it and watch each note light up.

Carries Kirkpatrick's gentle tune in three time, which reaches its top E on "a" in "no crib for a bed" and on "He" in "looked down where He lay".

Range
D4 to E5
Key
G
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  3. 03 · Sing it

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About Away in a Manger

Words: Anonymous (in print by 1882), as printed in Joy and Praise (1908)

Tune: "Cradle Song", William J. Kirkpatrick (1895)

Away in a Manger is an anonymous American carol, in print by 1882. Early books credited its words to Martin Luther, but historians reject that. The tune is William J. Kirkpatrick's, whose earliest known printing is of 1895 and which was later called Cradle Song; the Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology calls it the usual tune in Britain, while in the United States the setting most printed is James R. Murray's, often called Mueller. Our arrangement is read from Joy and Praise, which Kirkpatrick edited with J. H. Fillmore: the soprano and alto sing his two voices, the bass his accompaniment's lowest notes, and the tenor is ours. This is the first verse for 2 to 4 singers, in G.

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