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A Babe In a Manger

Text Information

First Line: The shepherds were watching their flocks in the night
Title: A Babe In a Manger
Language: English
Publication Date: 1921
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

MUELLER (Murray)

With the original two-stanza text, AWAY IN A MANGER was first published in James R. Murray's Dainty Songs for Little Lads and Lasses (1887) and initialed “J. R. M.” Murray (b. Andover, MA, 1841; d. Cincinnati, OH, 1905) compiled the songbook and is now thought to be the tune's composer. However,…

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[The shepherds were watching]


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