Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7Appears in 274 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Henry John GauntlettTopics: Carols and Spiritual Songs ChristmasTune Key: G MajorIncipit: 57111 71221 13533 Used With Text: Once In Royal David's City
Meter: IrregularAppears in 627 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Franz GrugerTopics: Carols and Spiritual SongsTune Key: C MajorIncipit: 56535 65322 77115 Used With Text: Silent Night! Holy Night!
Meter: 7.7.7.7Appears in 163 hymnalsTopics: Carols and Spiritual SongsTune Sources: "Liederbuch für Kleinkinder-Schulen," Kaiserswerth, 1842Tune Key: F MajorIncipit: 11117 12222 21233 Used With Text: Now the Light has Gone Away
Meter: 7.7.7.7 with refrainAppears in 208 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Edward Shippen BarnesTopics: Christmas CarolsTune Sources: French Carol MelodyTune Key: F MajorIncipit: 33355 43323 53213 Used With Text: Gloria in excelsis Deo
Appears in 479 hymnalsTopics: Carols and Spiritual SongsTune Sources: "Schlesische Volkslieder," Leipzig, 1842Tune Key: F MajorIncipit: 11127 13333 42351 Used With Text: Beautiful Savior
Meter: 11.10.11.10Appears in 110 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: James P. HardingTopics: Christmas CarolsTune Key: A Flat MajorIncipit: 32176 55171 32543 Used With Text: Brightest and best of the sons of the morning
Meter: 8.8.8.8Appears in 207 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Michael Praetorius; George R. WoodwardTopics: Carols; Sunday Schools CarolsTune Key: E Flat MajorIncipit: 11234 32115 55671 Used With Text: Joy dawned again on Easter-Day
Meter: 7.7.7.7Appears in 35 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Geoffrey ShawTopics: Christmas CarolsTune Sources: Piae Cantiones, 1582Tune Key: D MajorIncipit: 12343 21556 71112 Used With Text: Unto us a boy is born!
Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.7.6.6Appears in 36 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: E. P.Topics: Carols and Spiritual Songs AdventTune Sources: Old Swedish Melody, prior to 1560Tune Key: G MajorIncipit: 11116 55561 17111 Used With Text: Prepare The Way, O Zion
Meter: 6.5.6.5 DAppears in 30 hymnalsTopics: CarolsTune Sources: Rev. R. R. Chope's Carols for Use in Church, 1875Tune Key: A MajorIncipit: 11176 53551 23222 Used With Text: Wake and sing, good Christians