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*{{cite web |title=Christians, awake! salute the happy morn. |url=https://hymnology.hymnsam.co.uk/c/christians,-awake!-salute-the-happy-morn |website=The Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology |publisher=Canterbury Press |access-date=11 March 2021}}
*{{cite web |title=Christians, awake! salute the happy morn. |url=https://hymnology.hymnsam.co.uk/c/christians,-awake!-salute-the-happy-morn |website=The Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology |publisher=Canterbury Press |access-date=11 March 2021}}
*{{cite web |title=Christians Awake Salute The Happy Morn |url=https://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Hymns_and_Carols/christians_awake_salute_the_happ.htm |website=www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com}}
*{{cite web |title=Christians Awake Salute The Happy Morn |url=https://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Hymns_and_Carols/christians_awake_salute_the_happ.htm |website=www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com}}
*{{cite book |last1=Julian |first1=John |title=Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement |date=1907}}, cited in {{cite web |title=Christians, Awake |url=https://hymnary.org/text/christians_awake_salute_the_happy_morn |website=Hymnary.org |language=en}}
*{{cite book |last1=Julian |first1=John |title=Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement |date=1907}}, cited in {{cite web |title=Christians, Awake |url=https://hymnary.org/text/christians_awake_salute_the_happy_morn |website=Hymnary.org |language=en}}

Revision as of 04:19, 11 March 2021

"Christians, awake! salute the happy morn"
Christmas hymn
Writtenc. 1750
Textadapted from a poem by John Byrom
LanguageEnglish
Meter10.10.10.10.10.10
Melody"Yorkshire"

Christians, awake! salute the happy morn is a English Christmas hymn on a text by John Byrom. It is usually sung to the tune Yorkshire by John Wainright.

Background

The text of the hymn is from a poem by John Byram. The original manuscript, in Chetham's Library, Manchester, bears the title "Christmas Day. For Dolly", referring to the author's daughter. The original poem was in three paragraphs of 16, 20 and 16 lines each (for a total of 52). The omission of some of the lines and re-arrangement of the remainder into singable verses has given the modern text.

Tune

Sources

  • "Christians, awake! salute the happy morn". The Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology. Canterbury Press. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  • Benson, Louis F. (1924). Studies Of Familiar Hymns, First Series. Philadelphia: The Westminster Press., cited in "Christians Awake Salute The Happy Morn". www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com.
  • Julian, John (1907). Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement., cited in "Christians, Awake". Hymnary.org.