Meter: 6.7.6.7Appears in 27 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: David Evans (1874-1948)Scripture: Luke 2:9Tune Sources: Irish traditional melodyTune Key: F MajorIncipit: 12365 55553 23555 Used With Text: Love came down at Christmas
Meter: 7.6.7.7.7 irregularAppears in 36 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: George Herbert Palmer (1846-1926)Scripture: Luke 2:1-16Tune Key: D MajorIncipit: 12343 21556 71112 Used With Text: Unto us a boy is born!
Meter: 8.6.8.6Appears in 78 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Neil Dougall, 1776-1862Scripture: Luke 2:6-16Tune Sources: English, 15th-century carolTune Key: D MajorIncipit: 13565 33216 51651 Used With Text: Behold, the great Creator makes
Meter: IrregularAppears in 16 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: AnonymousScripture: Luke 2:14Tune Key: C MajorIncipit: 55555 55517 65654 Used With Text: Come into His Presence
Meter: 4.5.4.5 with refrainAppears in 9 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Carlton R. Young, 1926-Scripture: Luke 2:14Tune Key: D MajorIncipit: 35525 12345 64514 Used With Text: Star-Child
Meter: 7.8.8.4.7 with refrainAppears in 53 hymnalsScripture: Luke 2:1-20Tune Sources: German trad.Tune Key: E Flat MajorIncipit: 53135 65531 35654 Used With Text: Joseph Dearest, Joseph Mine
Meter: 8.7.8.7 DAppears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John L. Bell (b. 1949)Scripture: Luke 2:1-16Tune Key: F MajorIncipit: 35432 65557 13532 Used With Text: Who would think that what was needed
Meter: 5.5.5.5 DAppears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Alfred V. Fedak, 1953-Scripture: Luke 2:1-20Tune Key: B Flat MajorIncipit: 34565 34176 67125 Used With Text: Woman in the Night
Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8Appears in 21 hymnalsScripture: Luke 2:14Tune Sources: "Kirchengesangbuch," Strassburg, 1541Tune Key: G MajorIncipit: 11231 44323 45342 Used With Text: All Glory Be to God Alone