I've got a setting (for SATB, organ & violin) of Away in a manger here, arranged by one Raymond H. Haan, to a tune that is described as "Gaelic Folk Tune" but not otherwise identified. The melody sounds familiar to me but I can't quite place it; not sure if I actually have heard it before or if it's just similar to one or more other melodies I've heard. Here's a MID2TXT rendition of the basic melody line; anybody know what it's really called, or what (Gaelic or otherwise) text is traditionally sung to it? —

MIDI file: awaygael.mid

Timebase: 192

Name: Away Gaelic melody line
Text: By Gaelic traditional
Tempo: 056 (1071428 microsec/crotchet)
TimeSig: 3/4 24 8
Start
0000 1 60 110 0094 0 60 000 0002 1 62 110 0094 0 62 000 0002 1 64 110 0160 0 64 000 0032 1 64 110 0160 0 64 000 0032 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 64 110 0094 0 64 000 0002 1 62 110 0094 0 62 000 0002 1 60 110 0160 0 60 000 0032 1 60 110 0094 0 60 000 0002 1 62 110 0094 0 62 000 0002 1 64 110 0160 0 64 000 0032 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 69 110 0336 0 69 000 0048 1 67 110 0094 0 67 000 0002 1 65 110 0094 0 65 000 0002 1 64 110 0160 0 64 000 0032 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 64 110 0160 0 64 000 0032 1 62 110 0160 0 62 000 0032 1 64 110 0160 0 64 000 0032 1 72 110 0094 0 72 000 0002 1 69 110 0094 0 69 000 0002 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 64 110 0160 0 64 000 0032 1 62 110 0160 0 62 000 0032 1 60 110 0336 0 60 000 0048 1 67 110 0094 0 67 000 0002 1 69 110 0094 0 69 000 0002 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 74 110 0160 0 74 000 0032 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0032 1 67 110 0094 0 67 000 0002 1 69 110 0094 0 69 000 0002 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 74 110 0160 0 74 000 0032 1 72 110 0094 0 72 000 0002 1 69 110 0094 0 69 000 0002 1 72 110 0352 0 72 000 0032 1 60 110 0094 0 60 000 0002 1 62 110 0094 0 62 000 0002 1 64 110 0160 0 64 000 0032 1 62 110 0160 0 62 000 0032 1 60 110 0160 0 60 000 0032 1 62 110 0160 0 62 000 0032 1 64 110 0160 0 64 000 0032 1 72 110 0094 0 72 000 0002 1 69 110 0094 0 69 000 0002 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 64 110 0160 0 64 000 0032 1 62 110 0160 0 62 000 0032 1 60 110 0336 0 60 000
End

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ABC format:

X:1
T:Away Gaelic melody line
M:3/4
Q:1/4=56
K:C
CDE2E2|G2EDC2|CDE2G2|c2A4|GFE2G2|E2D2E2|cAG2E2|
D2C4|GAc2c2|d2c2A2|GAc2d2|cAc4|CDE2D2|C2D2E2|
cAG2E2|D2C7/2||

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