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"Away in a Manger" is a Christmas carol first published in the late nineteenth century and used widely throughout the English-speaking world. In Britain, it is one of the most popular carols; a 1996 Gallup Poll ranked it joint second.
Dec 6, 2023 · Enduring Christmas melody ‘Away in a Manger’ is a staple of carol services and nativity plays. But what are the lyrics, who composed it and why are there two melodies?
- Sian Moore
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Nov 27, 2023 · The history of this beloved Christmas tune is not straightforward because there is confusion over who wrote ‘Away in a Manger’. Originally it was thought to have been written by the German reformer Martin Luther and that he had written the lyrics as a poem to read to his own children.
This traditional Christmas carol is a simple account of Jesus' birth, as told in Luke 2:4-7, and describes the baby resting peacefully in a manger under a starry sky. But the origin of the enduring tune is anything but simple (long story short: no one really knows).
Nov 30, 2015 · As the song spread across a growing America and people began to sing it at home, in churches, and at schools, they often envisioned legions of German mothers rocking their babies to sleep each...
The song “Away in a manger” seems to have been resurrected for the occasion and misleadingly attributed to Luther himself, even though this song is not to be found in any of Luther’s hymn collections, nor it is known to have existed in any form in the German language prior to its appearance in English.
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Dec 25, 2020 · Away in a Manger is another one of our most popular and most sung Christmas Carols. Many have claimed, down through the years, that it was written by Martin Luther, the German religious reformer, but research may tell us differently and it may have originated in America.
