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Song Name: Away In a Manger - mid By: Lyrics-Traditional, music-James R Murray
Posted By: harpenthusiast Difficulty: Intermediate
Key: Any Genre: Christmas
Harp Type: Diatonic
Created: 2014-11-08 22:34:12 Modified: 2014-11-08 22:34:12


Song: Refer to https://www.harptabs.com/song.php?ID=2070 for a higher pitch but easier version. This is the Murray version of the traditional Away In a Manger set to move around the the tonic note on a given harp, * means the note needs to be bent.



6 6 -5 5 5 -4 4 4 -3 -3* 3
A- way in a man -ger no crib for a bed,
3 3 -3* 3 3 -4 -3 -3* 3 4 5
The lit- tle Lord Je- sus laid down His sweet head;
6 6 -5 5 5 -4 4 4 -3 -3* 3
The stars in the sky - looked down where He lay,
3 -5 5 -4 5 -4 4 -4 -3* -3 4
The lit- tle Lord Je- sus, a- sleep on the hay.