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“Away in a Manger” is a beloved Christmas carol with a mysterious American origin, falsely attributed for years to Martin Luther, but research shows it emerged in the U.S. in the mid-1800s, possibly by a German Lutheran in Pennsylvania, with its first two stanzas appearing in American songbooks before gaining popularity, and a third stanza added later by Charles H. Gabriel. Its two most common tunes were composed by James Ramsey Murray (1887) and William J. Kirkpatrick (1895).
This song always reminds me of when we were kids and went around Christmas caroling to the elderly and shut-ins. Good memories!