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As Joseph Was a-Walking

Appears in 16 hymnals Used With Tune: THE CHERRY TREE CAROL

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GAUNTLETT

Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Henry John Gauntlett, 1805-1876 Tune Key: b minor Incipit: 53154 21511 76153 Used With Text: As Joseph Was a Walking
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[As Joseph was a walking, he heard an angel sing]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: R. R. Terry Incipit: 35342 16556 11713 Used With Text: As Joseph was a walking, he heard an angel sing
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THE CHERRY-TREE CAROL

Appears in 8 hymnals Tune Sources: Traditional Incipit: 11761 76534 32433 Used With Text: As Joseph was a-walking

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As Joseph was awalking, he heard an angel sing

Hymnal: Hymns for the King's Children #d6 (1920) Languages: English
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As Joseph was a-walking

Author: Anon. Hymnal: Wartburg Hymnal #137 (1918) Lyrics: 1 As Joseph was a-walking, He heard an angel sing, This night shall be the birthday Of Christ, the heav'nly King. 2 He neither shall be bornen In housen nor in hall, Nor in the place of paradise, But in an oxen's stall. 3 He neither shall be clothéd In purple nor in pall, But in the fair white linen That usen babies all. 4 He neither shall be rockéd In silver nor in gold, But in a wooden manger That resteth on the mould. 5 As Joseph was a-walking, There did an angel sing; And Mary's Child at midnight Was born to be our King. 6 Then be ye glad, good people, This night of all the year, And light ye up your candles, For His star shineth clear. Topics: Christmas

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Anonymous

Person Name: Anon. Author of "As Joseph was a-walking" in Wartburg Hymnal In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.

Henry J. Gauntlett

1805 - 1876 Person Name: Henry John Gauntlett, 1805-1876 Author of "As Joseph Was a Walking" in The Cyber Hymnal Henry J. Gauntlett (b. Wellington, Shropshire, July 9, 1805; d. London, England, February 21, 1876) When he was nine years old, Henry John Gauntlett (b. Wellington, Shropshire, England, 1805; d. Kensington, London, England, 1876) became organist at his father's church in Olney, Buckinghamshire. At his father's insistence he studied law, practicing it until 1844, after which he chose to devote the rest of his life to music. He was an organist in various churches in the London area and became an important figure in the history of British pipe organs. A designer of organs for William Hill's company, Gauntlett extend­ed the organ pedal range and in 1851 took out a patent on electric action for organs. Felix Mendelssohn chose him to play the organ part at the first performance of Elijah in Birmingham, England, in 1846. Gauntlett is said to have composed some ten thousand hymn tunes, most of which have been forgotten. Also a supporter of the use of plainchant in the church, Gauntlett published the Gregorian Hymnal of Matins and Evensong (1844). Bert Polman

H. R. Palmer

1834 - 1907 Adapter of "As Joseph Was a Walking" in The Message in Song Palmer, Horatio Richmond, MUS. DOC, was born April 26, 1834. He is the author of several works on the theory of music; and the editor of some musical editions of hymnbooks. To the latter he contributed numerous tunes, some of which have attained to great popularity, and 5 of which are in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, London, 1881. His publications include Songs of Love for the Bible School; and Book of Anthems, the combined sale of which has exceeded one million copies. As a hymnwriter he is known by his "Yield not to temptation," which was written in 1868, and published in the National Sunday School Teachers' Magazine, from which it passed, with music by the author, into his Songs of Love, &c, 1874, and other collections. In America its use is extensive. Dr. Palmer's degree was conferred by the University of Chicago in 1880. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) =============== Palmer, H. R., p. 877, i. The hymn "Would you gain the best in life" (Steadfastness), in the Congregational Sunday School Supplement, 1891, the Council School Hymn Book, 1905, and others, is by this author. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)