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Thread #42524   Message #619129
Posted By: Willa
31-Dec-01 - 03:46 PM
Thread Name: Help: Earlier tunes of songs, carols, hymns
Subject: RE: Help: Earlier tunes of songs, carols, hymns
Liland, refs for Away in a Manger
Carols for Choirs OUP 1961 p3 Away in a Manger Trad Normandy tune arr. By Reginald Jacques, melody reprinted from University Carol Book by permission of H. Freeman & Co.
The tune simply referred to as Trad. German comes from 'Autoharp Accompaniments to Old Favorite Songs', by Elizabeth Blair.
The abc is:
M:3/4
K:G
L: 1/8
d2|d3cB2|B3AG2|G2F2E2|D4D2|D3ED2|D2A2F2|E2D2G2|B4d2|d3cB2|B3AG2|G2F2E2|D4D2|c3BA2|B2A2G2|A2E2F2|G4
Hope this enough to identify it.