Those following along will have noticed I’ve been at this hymnal for about a month and I’m still in the “A”s.
I didn’t blog this Christmas song until it came up in the OCP’s Guitar Accompaniment Book, where it was given very simple chords. There are more adventurous arrangements of the CRADLE SONG out there, including this one by John de Luca where he found more interesting chords.
This hymnal is one of those that say the text is by Anon and further that it is of American origin, rather than attributing some of the text to Martin Luther. The tune is C19 by William James Kirkpatrick.
I made a new backing, avoiding the organ this time: