The Holy Child

Song TitleThe Holy Child (Search)
Composer(s):Easthope (Frederick John) Martin
Author(s):Traditional
Keyword(s) & Features: Asleep; Awaking; Baby Jesus; Beds; Blessing; Bright; Carol; Cattle; Children; Christianity; Christmas; Close; Cradles; Cribs; Crying; Forever; Hay; Heads; Heaven; Holy; Jesus; Laying; Little; Looking; Lord; Loving; Mangers; Morning; Nativity of Jesus; One Octave or Less; Personification: Stars; Prayers; Praying; Religion; Simplicity; Sky; Stars; Staying; Sweet; Tender
First LineAway in the manger, no crib for a bed, (Search)
Average Duration3:15 (Search)
Year of composition 1924 (Search) Circa
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=54051
Musical FormStrophic (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Score Source https://www.worldcat.org/title/holy-child/oclc/759882566&referer=brief_results
Audio Source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTb8Atk3C2o
Voice part suggested by composerHigh voice
Range: G4 - G5 (Search)
Original KeyBb Major (Search)
NotesSame text as "Away in a Manger," which is commonly misattributed to Martin Luther (Search)
ContributorGTM (Search)
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