Meter: Irregular with refrainAppears in 252 hymnalsTune Sources: Traditional English carol; harm. from Christmas Carols New and Old, 1871Tune Key: D MajorIncipit: 32123 45671 76567 Used With Text: The First Noel
Meter: 11.11.11.5Appears in 164 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Johann CrügerTune Key: f minorIncipit: 11175 12334 22345 Used With Text: Ah, Holy Jesus
Meter: 7.7.7.7 with refrainAppears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Mary Lu WalkerTune Key: C MajorUsed With Text: Light the Advent Candle (Advent Song)
Meter: 7.7.7.5Appears in 128 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Friedrich Filitz, 1804-76Tune Key: D MajorIncipit: 53654 43171 54325 Used With Text: Jesus, Shepherd of the Sheep
Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrainAppears in 192 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Peter P. BilhornTune Key: C MajorIncipit: 34556 51555 55655 Used With Text: I Will Sing the Wondrous Story
Meter: 6.6.8.6 DAppears in 160 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John Zundel, 1815-1882Tune Key: F MajorIncipit: 51117 12522 21235 Used With Text: I Was A Wandering Sheep
Meter: 8.8.8.8 with refrainAppears in 238 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: William A. Ogden, 1841-1897Tune Key: A Flat MajorIncipit: 55653 32255 65221 Used With Text: Bring Them In
Meter: 7.7.7.7 with refrainAppears in 83 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John GossTune Key: G MajorIncipit: 12176 55124 33231 Used With Text: See amid the Winter's Snow
Meter: 11.11.12.11Appears in 57 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958Tune Sources: Sussex folk melodyTune Key: D MajorIncipit: 12313 45654 2711 Used With Text: Jesus, our mighty Lord, our strength in sadness
Meter: 7.8.7.8.7.7Appears in 35 hymnalsTune Sources: "Neuverfertigtes Darmstädtisches Gesangbuch," Darmstadt, 1699Tune Key: F MajorIncipit: 11716 71332 54321 Used With Text: Jesus Sinners Doth Receive
Meter: 7.7.7.7Appears in 68 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Leighton G. HayneTune Key: D MajorIncipit: 53212 23517 5545 Used With Text: Now May He Who from the Dead
Meter: 7.7.7.7Appears in 699 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Louis M. GottschalkTune Sources: Arr.Tune Key: A Flat MajorIncipit: 56513 32111 171 Used With Text: Now May He Who from the Dead
Meter: 7.7.8.8.7.7Appears in 10 hymnalsTune Sources: Herrnhut (c. 1740); C. Gregor Choralbuch (1784)Tune Key: A Flat MajorIncipit: 51234 54351 23454 Used With Text: Jesus Makes My Heart Rejoice
Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10Appears in 100 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)Tune Key: F MajorIncipit: 55512 33221 33455 Used With Text: O thou, who at thy Eucharist didst pray
Meter: 8.6.8.6Appears in 292 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Samuel Webbe, the elder (1740-1816); Thomas Haweis (1733-1820); Craig Sellar Lang (1891-1971)Tune Key: G MajorIncipit: 51354 34213 25171 Used With Text: I am the Light whose brightness shines
Meter: 7.7.7.5Appears in 29 hymnalsTune Sources: Ancient Church Melody.Tune Key: B Flat MajorIncipit: 56111 21117 1665 Used With Text: Jesus, Shepherd of the sheep
Meter: IrregularAppears in 161 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Ira D. SankeyTune Key: G MajorIncipit: 55111 11771 1133 Used With Text: There Were Ninety and Nine
Meter: 8.8.8.8Appears in 216 hymnalsTune Sources: "As Hymnodus Sacer," Leipzig, 1625 Tune Key: B Flat MajorIncipit: 11161 27667 12567 Used With Text: We Bid Thee Welcome in the Name
Appears in 4 hymnalsTune Sources: Traditional carol, possibly 12th Century Irish or EnglishTune Key: F MajorIncipit: 51171 45234 55431 Used With Text: The Wexford Carol
Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8Appears in 26 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Clark (? Thomas, 1775-1859Tune Sources: Chetham's 'Psalmody', 1832Tune Key: C MajorIncipit: 15431 53456 71217 Used With Text: Join all the glorious names
Meter: 5.7.10 DAppears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Richard H. JacquetTune Key: D MajorIncipit: 15321 55677 76453 Used With Text: Ring a Bell for Peace
Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7.8.6Appears in 7 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Chûgoro Torii; David KaiTune Key: D MajorIncipit: 55435 56644 32543 Used With Text: Hitsuji wa nemure ri (Sheep fast asleep, there on a hill)
Meter: IrregularAppears in 16 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Andrew Donaldson, b. 1951Tune Sources: Urdu melodyIncipit: 33332 35655 33322 Used With Text: Jesus the Lord Said, "I Am the Bread"
Meter: 8.8.8.8Appears in 1,453 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John HattonTune Key: E Flat MajorIncipit: 13456 71765 55565 Used With Text: We Bid Thee Welcome
Appears in 649 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: W. H. Havergal, 1793-1870Tune Key: A MajorIncipit: 55132 16555 13124 Used With Text: Jesus, great Shepherd of the sheep
Appears in 124 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John Stainer, 1840-1901Tune Sources: The Crucifixion Tune Key: G MajorIncipit: 31555 11713 67143 Used With Text: Souls of Men, Why Will Ye Scatter
Meter: 7.7.7.7Appears in 77 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Lewis T. DownesTune Key: D Flat MajorIncipit: 54531 76552 3432 Used With Text: Now may He who from the dead
Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.7Appears in 350 hymnalsTune Sources: J. Klug, Geistliche Lieder, Wittenberg, 1535Tune Key: G MajorIncipit: 11321 22313 45321 Used With Text: The Lord My Faithful Shepherd Is
Appears in 19 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Leonard E. SmithTune Key: B Flat MajorIncipit: 34561 71766 55343 Used With Text: How Lovely on the Mountains (Our God Reigns)
Meter: 8.7.8.7 DAppears in 558 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: R. H. Prichard (1811-1887)Tune Sources: as in The Australian Hymn Book 1977Tune Key: F MajorIncipit: 12123 43212 54332 Used With Text: Yes, I'll sing the wondrous story
Meter: 8.8.8.8Appears in 704 hymnalsTune Sources: W. Gardiner's Sacred Melodies, 1815Tune Key: A MajorIncipit: 51712 56711 17627 Used With Text: O Give the LORD Wholehearted Praise
Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8Appears in 124 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Henry CareyTune Sources: Harmony from The English Hymnal (London: Oxford University Press, 1906), number 491Tune Key: F MajorIncipit: 54361 71432 33245 Used With Text: Give Me the Faith Which Can Remove
Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8Appears in 9 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: R. R. Ross, 1817-1899Tune Key: G MajorIncipit: 55551 17675 12312 Used With Text: Join All the Glorious Names
Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7Appears in 301 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Claude Goudimel, d. 1572Tune Key: G MajorIncipit: 12321 76512 34321 Used With Text: Sing it o'er and o'er again
Meter: IrregularAppears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Fred Kimball GrahamTune Key: A MajorIncipit: 12171 65453 12171 Used With Text: A Woman and a Coin -- The Coin Is Lost
Appears in 49 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Stephen JenksTune Key: A Flat MajorIncipit: 51321 32165 51321 Used With Text: Jesus, great Shepherd of the sheep
Meter: 6.7.6.7.6.6.6.6Appears in 62 hymnalsTune Sources: "Neuvermehrtes Gesangbuch," Meiningen, 1693Tune Key: F MajorIncipit: 33654 33512 32133 Used With Text: Lord Jesus, Who Art come
Meter: 8.8.8.8Appears in 523 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: William KnappTune Key: B Flat MajorIncipit: 11765 12171 23217 Used With Text: Come, Jesus, from the Sapphire Throne
Meter: 8.8.8.8Appears in 84 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John Bacchus DykesTune Key: G MajorIncipit: 55665 12335 43212 Used With Text: We Bid Thee Welcome in the Name
Meter: 8.6.8.6 DAppears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Michael D. Schultz, b. 1963Tune Key: e minor or modalIncipit: 11711 23175 12321 Used With Text: The Garden of Gethsemane