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When the Herds Were Wathcing

Author: William Canton Meter: 6.5.6.5 D Appears in 8 hymnals First Line: When the herds were watching Topics: Christmas Used With Tune: THE FIRST CHRISTMAS

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GAMBLE

Meter: 6.5.6.5 D Appears in 2 hymnals Tune Sources: Adapted from a melody in John Gamble's Collection, 1659; Words and music from the Enlarged Songs of Praise: Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 55123 53321 6 Used With Text: When the herds were watching

[When the herds were watching]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Kenneth Greenyer Tune Key: d minor Incipit: 23453 21234 65 Used With Text: When the Herds Were Watching
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[When the herds were watching]

Appears in 1 hymnal Tune Sources: Slavic Folk-song Incipit: 11765 56654 33234 Used With Text: When the herds were watching

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When the Herds Were Watching

Author: William Canton, 1845-1926 Hymnal: Songs of Light #321 (1977) Topics: Children's Christmas; Eternity Languages: English Tune Title: [When the herds were watching]
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When the herds were watching

Author: William Canton Hymnal: The Concord Hymnal #106 (1923) Languages: English Tune Title: [When the herds were watching]

When the herds were watching

Author: William Canton, 1845-1926 Hymnal: The Beacon Song and Service book #313 (1935) Meter: 6.5.6.5 D Topics: For Younger Children Christmas Languages: English Tune Title: GAMBLE

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Lee Hastings Bristol

1923 - 1979 Person Name: Lee H. Bristol, Jr. Composer of "PERRINE" in Hymns for Children and Grownups to Use Together Born: 1923, Brook­lyn, New York. Died: 1979, Syr­a­cuse, New York. Bristol was ed­u­cat­ed at Ham­il­ton Col­lege, Clin­ton, New York (BA); Trin­i­ty Col­lege of Mu­sic, Lon­don (or­gan stu­dies); and the In­sti­tute for In­ter­na­tion­al Stu­dies, Ge­ne­va, Switz­er­land (grad­u­ate stu­dies). He worked in New York for the Bris­tol-Me­yers Com­pa­ny (the fam­i­ly bus­i­ness) in ad­ver­tis­ing and pub­lic re­la­tions, 1948-62. From 1962-69, he served as pre­si­dent of West­min­ster Choir Col­lege, Prince­ton, New Jer­sey. In 1972, the Hymn So­ci­e­ty in the Unit­ed States and Ca­na­da made him a fel­low of the so­ci­e­ty. His works in­clude: The Lamb and Other Car­ols, 1951 Songs for Li­tur­gy, ed­it­or More Hymns and Spir­it­u­al Songs, ed­it­or, 1972 Hymns for Child­ren and Grown-Ups Lyrics: "Let Us Now De­part in Thy Peace" Music: SEDGWICK --hymntime.com/tch/

Kenneth Greenyer

Composer of "[When the herds were watching]" in Songs of Light

G. Darlington Richards

Person Name: G. D. R. Composer of "THE FIRST CHRISTMAS" in The Hymnal for Boys and Girls
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