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When the Herds Were Wathcing

Author: William Canton Meter: 6.5.6.5 D Appears in 8 hymnals First Line: When the herds were watching Topics: Christmas Used With Tune: THE FIRST CHRISTMAS
When the Herds Were Wathcing

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GAMBLE

Meter: 6.5.6.5 D Appears in 2 hymnals Tune Sources: Adapted from a melody in John Gamble's Collection, 1659; Words and music from the Enlarged Songs of Praise: Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 55123 53321 6 Used With Text: When the herds were watching
GAMBLE

THE FIRST CHRISTMAS

Meter: 6.5.6.5 D Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: G. D. R. Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 12336 51321 23123 Used With Text: When the Herds Were Wathcing
THE FIRST CHRISTMAS

[When the herds were watching]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Kenneth Greenyer Tune Key: d minor Incipit: 23453 21234 65 Used With Text: When the Herds Were Watching
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When the Herds Were Watching

Author: William Canton, 1845-1926 Hymnal: Songs of Light #321 (1977) Topics: Children's Christmas; Eternity Languages: English Tune Title: [When the herds were watching]
When the Herds Were Watching
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When the herds were watching

Author: William Canton Hymnal: The Concord Hymnal #106 (1923) Languages: English Tune Title: [When the herds were watching]
When the herds were watching

When the herds were watching

Author: William Canton, 1845-1926 Hymnal: The Beacon Song and Service book #313 (1935) Meter: 6.5.6.5 D Topics: For Younger Children Christmas Languages: English Tune Title: GAMBLE
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Lee Hastings Bristol

1923 - 1979 Person Name: Lee H. Bristol, Jr. Composer of "PERRINE" in Hymns for Children and Grownups to Use Together Born: 1923, Brook­lyn, New York. Died: 1979, Syr­a­cuse, New York. Bristol was ed­u­cat­ed at Ham­il­ton Col­lege, Clin­ton, New York (BA); Trin­i­ty Col­lege of Mu­sic, Lon­don (or­gan stu­dies); and the In­sti­tute for In­ter­na­tion­al Stu­dies, Ge­ne­va, Switz­er­land (grad­u­ate stu­dies). He worked in New York for the Bris­tol-Me­yers Com­pa­ny (the fam­i­ly bus­i­ness) in ad­ver­tis­ing and pub­lic re­la­tions, 1948-62. From 1962-69, he served as pre­si­dent of West­min­ster Choir Col­lege, Prince­ton, New Jer­sey. In 1972, the Hymn So­ci­e­ty in the Unit­ed States and Ca­na­da made him a fel­low of the so­ci­e­ty. His works in­clude: The Lamb and Other Car­ols, 1951 Songs for Li­tur­gy, ed­it­or More Hymns and Spir­it­u­al Songs, ed­it­or, 1972 Hymns for Child­ren and Grown-Ups Lyrics: "Let Us Now De­part in Thy Peace" Music: SEDGWICK --hymntime.com/tch/
Lee Hastings Bristol

G. Darlington Richards

Person Name: G. D. R. Composer of "THE FIRST CHRISTMAS" in The Hymnal for Boys and Girls
G. Darlington Richards

William Canton

1845 - 1926 Person Name: William Canton, 1845-1926 Author of "When the Herds Were Watching" in Songs of Light Canton, William, was b. Oct. 27, 1845, on the Isle of Chusan, China, and now (1906) resides in Highgate, London. He is the author of various volumes of poems, of a History of the British and Foreign Bible Society, 1903, &c. Two of his poems are used as hymns in the English Hymnal, 1906, and others. 1. Hold Thou my hands! [Hold Thou me up.] First published in Good Words, May 1893, p. 333, and reprinted in his The Invisible Playmate, 1894, p. 21. 2. Through the night Thy angels kept. [Morning.] From his The Comrades, 1902, p. 233. [Rev. James Mearns. M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
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