Meter: 6.6.10.5.6 with refrainAppears in 1,345 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John Francis WadeScripture: Luke 2:8-20Tune Sources: The English Hymnal, 1906, harm. fromTune Key: G MajorIncipit: 11512 55323 43211 Used With Text: O Come, All Ye Faithful
Meter: 7.7.7.7 with refrainAppears in 218 hymnalsScripture: Luke 2:8-20Tune Sources: French carol melodyTune Key: F MajorIncipit: 33355 43323 53213 Used With Text: Angels We Have Heard on High
Meter: IrregularAppears in 646 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Franz Xaver GruberScripture: Luke 2:5-20Tune Key: B Flat MajorIncipit: 56535 65322 77115 Used With Text: Silent Night, Holy Night
Meter: 7.7.7.7 D with refrainAppears in 632 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Mendelssohn; William Hayman CummingsScripture: Luke 2:8-20Tune Key: F MajorIncipit: 51171 33255 54323 Used With Text: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Meter: 8.6.8.6 DAppears in 474 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Richard Storrs Willis, 1819-1900Scripture: Luke 2:14Tune Key: B Flat MajorIncipit: 53221 65655 67112 Used With Text: It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7Appears in 881 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Henry Thomas SmartScripture: Luke 2:8-20Tune Key: B Flat MajorIncipit: 53153 21566 51432 Used With Text: Angels, from the Realms of Glory
Meter: Irregular with refrainAppears in 251 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Healy WillanScripture: Luke 2:4-15Tune Sources: English carol; Sandys' Christmas Carols, 1833Incipit: 32123 45671 76567 Used With Text: The First Nowell
Meter: 7.6.7.6 with refrainAppears in 124 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Emily R. BrinkScripture: Luke 2:8-20Tune Sources: African-American spiritualTune Key: F MajorIncipit: 33216 51222 12323 Used With Text: Go, Tell It on the Mountain
Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrainAppears in 168 hymnalsScripture: Luke 2:8-14Tune Sources: English ballad, 16th century; Christmas Carols New and Old, 1871, arr. fromTune Key: e minorIncipit: 13456 54271 23117 Used With Text: What Child is This
Meter: 8.6.8.6 DAppears in 635 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: George Frederick Handel; Lowell MasonScripture: Luke 2:10-14Tune Key: D MajorIncipit: 34517 65123 34555 Used With Text: While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
Appears in 48 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Jacques Berthier, 1923-1994Scripture: Luke 2:14Tune Key: d minorIncipit: 32342 12366 23453 Used With Text: Gloria, Gloria
Meter: 6.6.7.7.7.8.5.5Appears in 203 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: W. D. Scripture: Luke 2:11-12Tune Sources: German melody, 14th cent.Tune Key: F MajorIncipit: 11134 56551 13456 Used With Text: Good Christian Men, Rejoice
Meter: 8.8.8.8Appears in 271 hymnalsScripture: Luke 2:10-14Tune Sources: V. Schumann's Geistliche Lieder, 1539Tune Key: C MajorIncipit: 17675 67111 55345 Used With Text: From Heaven Above to Earth I Come
Meter: 4.4.7.4.4.7.4.4.4.4.7Appears in 109 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: A. E. Rusbridge, 1917-1969Scripture: Luke 2:8Tune Sources: Polish carolTune Key: G MajorIncipit: 55117 12234 54321 Used With Text: Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
Meter: 8.6.8.6Appears in 322 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Alan GrayScripture: Luke 2:1-20Tune Sources: T. Este's The Whole Book of Psalmes, 1592Tune Key: F MajorIncipit: 13321 44323 55453 Used With Text: While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
Meter: 8.6.8.6 DAppears in 903 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Lowell Mason; G. F. HandelScripture: Luke 2:10Tune Key: D MajorIncipit: 17654 32156 67711 Used With Text: Joy to the World! the Lord is Come
Meter: 8.6.8.6.7.6.8.6Appears in 437 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Lewis Henry RednerScripture: Luke 2:4-14Tune Key: F MajorIncipit: 33323 54621 712 Used With Text: O Little Town of Bethlehem
Appears in 25 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Pablo Sosa, b. 1947Scripture: Luke 2:14Tune Key: F MajorIncipit: 53535 32222 12353 Used With Text: Glory
Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.6 with refrainAppears in 81 hymnalsScripture: Luke 2:8-16Tune Sources: English melody, 18th cent.Tune Key: e minorIncipit: 11554 32171 23451 Used With Text: God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
Meter: IrregularAppears in 37 hymnalsScripture: Luke 2:15-20Tune Sources: African-American spiritualTune Key: D MajorIncipit: 16116 16165 55577 Used With Text: There's a Star in the East