Meter: 7.6.7.6.6.7.6Appears in 179 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Michael Praetorius, 1571-1621Scripture: Luke 2:7Tune Sources: Geistliche Kirchengesang, Cologne, 1599Tune Key: F MajorIncipit: 55565 53432 17155 Used With Text: Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming
Meter: 7.7.7.7 with refainAppears in 228 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Edward Shippen Barnes; Austin C. LovelaceScripture: Luke 2:6-20Tune Sources: French carol melodyTune Key: F MajorIncipit: 33355 43323 53213 Used With Text: Angels We Have Heard on High
Meter: Irregular with refrainAppears in 261 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Healy WillanScripture: Luke 2:4-15Tune Sources: English carol; Sandys' Christmas Carols, 1833Incipit: 32123 45671 76567 Used With Text: The First Nowell
Meter: 7.6.7.6 with refrainAppears in 128 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Paul Sjolund, b. 1935Scripture: Luke 2:6-18Tune Sources: African-American spiritualTune Key: G MajorIncipit: 33216 51222 12323 Used With Text: Go Tell It on the Mountain
Meter: 8.8.8.8Appears in 279 hymnalsScripture: Luke 2:1-20Tune Sources: Geistliche Lieder, Leipzeg , 1539Tune Key: C MajorIncipit: 17675 67111 55345 Used With Text: From Heaven Above to Earth I Come
Meter: 7.6.7.6 DAppears in 81 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
Meter: IrregularAppears in 213 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Timothy R. MatthewsScripture: Luke 2:7Tune Key: D MajorIncipit: 12334 32123 34555 Used With Text: Thou Didst Leave Thy Throne
Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.6 with refrainAppears in 83 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John Stainer, 1840-1901Scripture: Luke 2:6-18Tune Sources: English 18th C.Tune Key: d minorIncipit: 11554 32171 23451 Used With Text: God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
Meter: 6.6.6.6.6 with refrainAppears in 72 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: 8.6.8.6 DAppears in 257 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Ralph Vaughan WilliamsScripture: Luke 2:4-14Tune Key: F MajorIncipit: 51112 32345 34312 Used With Text: O Little Town of Bethlehem