This hymn-text is based on a traditional French carol (Les Anges Dans nos Campagnes). The English version that appears in most hymnals was translated in 1862 by James Chadwick. The hymn-melody was adapted from the ancient French melody by …Read More
This hymn-text is based on a traditional French carol (Les Anges Dans nos Campagnes). The English version that appears in most hymnals was translated in 1862 by James Chadwick. The hymn-melody was adapted from the ancient French melody by Edward Shippen Barnes in 1937. Cooper's melody-part style writing provides very melodic parts so that almost all adolescent singers are able to maintain their parts against the other parts as they sing them together.