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Hitsuji wa nemure ri (Sheep fast asleep, there on a hill)

Author: Genzō Miwa (1907); Translator: John Moss (1957; alt.)
Tune: KŌRIN
Published in 6 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Author: Genzō Miwa

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Translator: John Moss

John A. Moss, Methodist Board of Missions evangelistic and educational missionary to Japan. --fultonhistory.com/ Go to person page >

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Away in a Manger

First Line:	Hitsuji wa nemure ri (Sheep fast asleep, there on a hill)
Title:	Sheep Fast Asleep
Japanese Title:	Hitsuji Wa
Author:	Genzō Miwa (1907)
Translator:	John Moss (1957; alt.)
Meter:	8.7.8.7.8.7.8.6
Source:	Japanese hymn
Copyright:	Text and Music: Permission #1430 granted by the Hymnal Committee, United Church of Christ in Japan.; Translation © 1963 John A. Moss. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

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KŌRIN

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MIDI file from Sing! A New Creation #110

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Presbyterian Hymnal: hymns, psalms, and spiritual songs (1990), p.61

Instances

Instances (1 - 6 of 6)	Title	First Line	Tune	Tune Key	Author	Meter	Scripture	Date	Subject	Source
Presbyterian Hymnal: hymns, psalms, and spiritual songs #52	Sheep Fast Asleep	Hitsuji wa nemure ri (Sheep fast asleep, there on a hill)	KŌRIN		Genzō Miwa; John Moss	8.7.8.7.8.7.8.6	Matthew 2:10-11; Luke 2:8-14	1990		Japanese hymn
Rejoice in the Lord #211	Sheep Fast Asleep	Sheep fast asleep	KŌRIN		John Moss; Genzō Miwa	87.8.7.87.8.6		1985
Sing! A New Creation #110	Sheep Fast Asleep	Hitsuji wa nemure ri (Sheep fast asleep, there on a hill)	KORIN		John Moss, b. 1925; Genzo Miwa	87 87 87 86	Matthew 2:2; Luke 2:12	2002	Christmas \|
Songs for Life #135	Sheep Fast Asleep /Hitsuji Wa	Sheep fast asleep, there on a hill	KORIN		John Moss; Genzo Miwa	87 87 87 86	Matthew 2:2; Matthew 2:8-11; Luke 2:8-14; Luke 2:12	1995	Singing God's Story \| Christmas / Birth of Christ; Japanese \|	Japanese hymn
The New Century Hymnal #137	Hitsuji wa nemureri (Sheep Fast Asleep)	Hitsujiwa nemureri (Sheep fast asleep, there on a hill)	KŌRIN		Genzō Miwa	8.7.8.7.8.7.8.6.	Matthew 1:23; Matthew 2:1-11; Luke 2:8-14	1995	Christmas \| ; Jesus Christ \| Birth and Infancy; Year A \| Advent 4
Voices United: The Hymn and Worship Book of The United Church of Canada #52	Hitsuji wa nemure ri (Sheep fast asleep, there on a hill)	Hitsuji wa nemure ri (Sheep fast asleep, there on a hill)	KORIN		Genzo Miwa; John Moss	8 7 8 7 8 7 8 6		1996	The Christian Year \| Christmas; Adoration and Praise \| ; Biblical Characters \| Shepherds; Biblical Places \| Bethlehem; Christian Year \| Christmas; Good News, Gospel \| ; Jesus Christ \| Birth and Infancy; Seasons \| Changing; Star(s) \| ; Christmas Eve \| Year A; Christmas Day 1 \| Year A

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