Meter: 10.10.10.8Appears in 5 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John L. Bell, b. 1949Scripture: Luke 2:7-14Tune Key: E Flat MajorIncipit: 12323 43455 12323 Used With Text: The Aye Carol
Meter: 7.6.7.6 DAppears in 5 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John D. HormanScripture: Luke 2Tune Sources: Time Now to GatherTune Key: F MajorIncipit: 33217 71167 12533 Used With Text: A Mother Lined a Basket
Meter: IrregularAppears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Joy Webb (b. 1932)Scripture: Luke 2:1-16Tune Key: E Flat MajorIncipit: 55532 11235 44565 Used With Text: And all the angels sang for him
Meter: 11.11.11.11Appears in 82 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Johann Abraham Peter Schulz (1747-1800); J. Alfred Schehl (1922-1959)Scripture: Luke 2:1-20Tune Key: E Flat MajorIncipit: 55355 35424 35535 Used With Text: O Come, Little Children
Appears in 904 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Lowell Mason; George Frederick HandelScripture: Luke 2:1-14Tune Key: D MajorIncipit: 17654 32156 67711 Used With Text: Joy to the world! the Lord is come
Meter: 8.4.8.4.8.8.4.4.4Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John L. Bell (b. 1949)Scripture: Luke 2:7Tune Key: D MajorIncipit: 13455 64554 21223 Used With Text: Lift up your heads, eternal gates
Appears in 50 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)Scripture: Luke 2:6-7Tune Sources: Irish traditional melodyTune Key: G MajorIncipit: 51175 73543 32242 Used With Text: I bind unto myself today
Meter: 6.7.6.7Appears in 15 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Reginald Owen Morris (1886-1948); Fred Kimball Graham (1946-)Scripture: Luke 2:1-20Tune Key: D MajorIncipit: 67176 61176 5663 Used With Text: Love Came Down at Christmas
Meter: 8.6.8.6 DAppears in 276 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: R. Vaughan WilliamsScripture: Luke 2:7-16Tune Sources: English Traditional MelodyTune Key: e minorIncipit: 32111 73343 45543 Used With Text: O Sing a Song of Bethlehem