Away in a Manger
Composer:
James Ramsey Murray
Genre: Xmas / Religious
Decade: before 1923
Submitted by: Russell Ambrose
Description:
The song was first published with two verses in Little Children`s Book for Schools and Families (1885), edited by James R. Murray (1841–1905), where it simply bore the title "Away in a Manger" and was set to a tune called "St. Kilda," credited to J.E. Clark. This tune is different from the more famous versioin by William J. Kirkpatrick
by: Russell Ambrose