Away in a Manger: notes for 8 instruments
“Away in a manger, no crib for a bed…” Pick your instrument. Each page shows the notes in the easiest key that fits it, with a play-along player and a print sheet.
- PianoLetters · C majorG4–G5 Medium
- KalimbaTabs · C majorG4–G5 Medium
- RecorderLetters · G majorD4–D5 Medium
- FluteLetters · C majorG4–G5 Medium
- ViolinLetters · C majorG4–G5 Medium
- ClarinetLetters · C major (written)G3–G4 Medium
- TrumpetValves · F major (written)C4–C5 Medium
- Alto SaxLetters · G major (written)D4–D5 Medium
Not on bells & xylophone, harmonica: no key keeps every note on those instruments without sharps, flats or bends.
Words (first verse)
Away in a manger, no crib for a bed, The little Lord
Jesus laid down His sweet head. The stars in the sky looked
down where He lay, The little Lord Jesus, asleep on the hay.
About this song
- Melody
- Tune MUELLER, James Ramsey Murray, 1887
- Words
- Anonymous; stanza 3 attributed to John T. McFarland, 1885 (first verse shown; all verses on HymnKeys)
- Public domain
- Melody 1887, words 1885: first published before 1931.
- Source
- Open Hymnal Project file marked public domain, via HymnKeys