Hymns of Truth and Light ‎#175

175. O Sing a Song of Bethlehem

Text Information

• First Line: O sing a song of Bethlehem, of shepherds watching there
• Title: O Sing a Song of Bethlehem
• Author: Louis F. Benson (1899, alt.)
• Meter: CMD
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1998
• Scripture:
  Mark 4:39
  ;
  Luke 2:8-15
  ;
  Acts 10:39-41
• Topic: Jesus Christ: Life, Ministry and Teaching; Jesus Christ: Love

Tune Information

• Name: KINGSFOLD
• Arranger: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1906)
• Meter: CMD
• Key: e minor or modal
• Source: Traditional English melody; coll. Lucy Broadwood; The English Hymnal, 1906

Text Information:

Louis Fitzgerald Benson elevated hymn standards when he edited the major 1895 revision of the Presbyterian hymnal