Away in a Manger
Author: Martin Luther; Little Children’s Book for Schools and Families, 1885
Composer: Varies by tune (see below)
Languages (56)
This song text has been indexed at SingPraises.net in the following languages:
- Albanian: Larg në një Koritë
- American Sign Language (ASL): Away in a Manger
- Bulgarian: Далече във ясла
- Cantonese (Romanized/Pingyam): [Unknown title]
- Cebuano: Didto sa Pasungan
- Croatian: Daleko Kralj sniva
- Czech: Do jeslí ve stáji
- Danish: Barn Jesus i krybben
- Dutch: Geen wieg voor een Koning
- English: Away in a Manger
- English Braille: ⠠⠁⠺⠁⠽ ⠔ ⠁ ⠠⠍⠁⠝⠛⠻
- Estonian: Kui Jeesuslaps sündis
- Fijian: Mai Peceliema
- Finnish: Tuo pienoinen Jeesus
- French: I Roto i te Phatene
- French (French Polynesia): I Roto i te Phatene
- French (Haiti): Dans une mangeoire, Quel indigne lit !
- German: Im Stroh in der Krippe
- Greek: ’Κεί πέρα σε στάβλο
- Hawaiian: Hanau Kuu Iesu
- Hmong: Nyob Hauv Ib lub Dab Nyuj
- Hungarian: Egy messzi jászolban
- Icelandic: Í jötu
- Indonesian: Nun Jauh di Palungan
- Italian: Lontano in una mangiatoia
- Japanese: 天を降りし神の御子
- Japanese (Hiragana): 天を降りし神の御子
- Japanese (Kanji): 天を降りし神の御子
- Kekchi: Saʼ xwaʼlebʼaal xul
- Khmer (Cambodian): ផ្ទុំនៅក្នុងស្នូកទីឆ្ងាយ
- Korean: 그 어리신 예수
- Latvian: Ne šūpulī, greznā
- Lithuanian: Nėra prakartėlė lovelė minkšta
- Malagasy: Tao an-tranon’omby
- Mandarin (Romanized/Pinyin): Zài kèdiàn mǎcáo lǐ
- Mandarin (Simplified): 在客店马槽里
- Mandarin (Traditional): 在客店馬槽裡
- Maori: Te Oriori a Matene Ruta
- Mongolian: Тэжээлийн тэвшинд
- Navajo: Ńléidi Awéé Tłʼoh Bikááʼ Niiltį́
- Niuean: Ne Fanau Mai a Iesu Keriso
- Norwegian: En krybbe var vuggen
- Polish: Daleko gdzieś w żłobie
- Portuguese: Jesus num Presépio
- Romanian: Departe într-un staul
- Russian: Там, в яслях
- Samoan: I Se Fale o Manu
- Shona: Kure’ko Mudanga
- Spanish: Jesús en pesebre
- Spanish Braille: ⠠⠚⠑⠎ ⠎ ⠢ ⠏⠑⠎⠑⠃⠗⠑
- Swedish: Se här uti stallet
- Tagalog: Doon sa Sabsaban
- Tahitian: Aita e ro’ipēpe
- Thai: ในรางหญ้า
- Tongan: Naʻe ʻAloʻi Mai ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi
- Ukrainian: Маленький Ісус в яслах спав
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Most common tunes for “Away in a Manger”
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Appearances of “Away in a Manger” over time
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Copyright status of original text
This text was first published in English, in 1902 or earlier.
Public domain
Earliest source indexed at SingPraises.net: The Children’s Friend (1902–1970), Dec 1902.
Representative lyrics
English (Original Language)
1. Away in a manger, no crib for his bed, The little Lord Jesus laid down his sweet head; The stars in the heavens looked down where he lay, The little Lord Jesus, asleep on the hay.
Asleep, (Asleep,) asleep, (asleep,) asleep, the Savior in a stall! Asleep, (Asleep,) asleep, (asleep,) asleep, the Lord of all.
2. The cattle are lowing, the poor baby wakes; But little Lord Jesus, no crying he makes. I love thee, Lord Jesus; look down from the sky And stay by my cradle till morning is nigh.
Asleep, (Asleep,) asleep, (asleep,) asleep, the Savior in a stall! Asleep, (Asleep,) asleep, (asleep,) asleep, the Lord of all.
3. Be near me, Lord Jesus; I ask thee to stay Close by me forever, and love me, I pray. Bless all the dear children in thy tender care, And fit us for heaven, to live with thee there.
Asleep, (Asleep,) asleep, (asleep,) asleep, the Savior in a stall! Asleep, (Asleep,) asleep, (asleep,) asleep, the Lord of all.
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