Away In A Manger - a heart warming new arrangement by The Golden Eggs - Christmas Carol 2011

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Away in a Manger, the second most popular English carol, (although it is in fact American) has had a chequered history.

When it was first published, as a Victorian hymn, in, Little Children's Book for Schools and Families (1885), it was presented as a simple, innocent children's song; by the time it appeared in Dainty Songs for Little Lads and Lasses (1887), it was said to be "Composed by Martin Luther for his children, and still sung by German mothers to their little ones., which in fact was a very early version of astute commercial spin; there is no proof that Martin Luther did anything of the sort, and it seems that his name was associated with it quite cynically because the 400th anniversary of his birth had just fallen in 1883. Away In A Manger - Celtic Woman. Dublin, Christmas Celebration.

It has also been accused of being part of a Gnostic heresy, which denied that God became man at the Nativity, because later verses suggest that the infant Jesus never cried; which makes him clearly not a human baby!

However, simple and touching it remains; and this unusual version with its lyrical, calm, whistling refrain reflects that essential innocence.

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Recording history

King's College Choir (1959, 1976, 1984) (Kirkpatrick version)
Nat King Cole (1960)
Julie Andrews (1967 using the Kirkpatrick version, 1982 using the Spillman version)
George Guest and the Choir of St John's College, Cambridge (1974) (Kirkpatrick version)
The Brady Bunch on the 1970 album Christmas with The Brady Bunch
John Denver (1975, 1990, 1996)
Larry Groce (1980)
Anne Murray (1981) (using both the Kirkpatrick and Murray versions)
Raffi (1983) on his album Raffi's Christmas Album
John Rutter and the Cambridge Singers (1987) (Kirkpatrick version)
Kathleen Battle (1989)
Dolly Parton (1991)
Choir of St Paul's Cathedral (1994, 1996) (Kirkpatrick version)
The Wiggles (1996, 2004) on their albums "Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas" and "Santa's Rockin'!"
Dwight Yoakam (1997)
David Hill and the Choir of Winchester Cathedral (1998) (Kirkpatrick version)
Martina McBride (1999)
Linda Ronstadt (2000)
Mannheim Steamroller (2001)
Bright Eyes (2002)
Alan Jackson (2002)
Patty Loveless (2002)
Jim Brickman (2003)
Relient K (2003) (Medley with Silent Night)
Joan Osborne (2006)
Billy "Crash" Craddock (2006)Órla Fallon from Celtic Woman (2006) (Kirkpatrick version)
Third Day (2006)
Sufjan Stevens (2006)
Harry Christophers and The Sixteen (2006) (Kirkpatrick version)
Kimberley Locke (2007)
Toby Keith (2007)
Blaine Larsen (2007)
Tim Neumark (2007)
Mindy Smith (2007)
Bradley Joseph (2008)
Lindsey Cardinale (2008)
Celtic Woman

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[bnizl]

I can appreciate this, because I really like christmas music.

[BarrysDaughter]

love this carol :0)

xxxJoolsxxx