"While shepherds watched their flocks" is a traditional Christmas carol describing the Annunciation to the Shepherds, with words attributed to Irish hymnist...

made by the group 'Psalmody' conducted by Peter Holman. Their first CD While shepherds watched includes While shepherds watched their flocks by night sung...

such as the rewriting of "While shepherds watched their flocks by night" to "While shepherds washed their socks at night" and numerous other versions...

Christmas carol "While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night" was first printed in A Supplement to the New Version of the Psalms by Dr Brady and Mr Tate...

sung to While Shepherds watched their flocks by night. Stylistically, his madrigals have more in common with the Italian models provided by Marenzio...

melody from the Sacred Harp, to which the lyric, "While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night", by Nahum Tate, may be sung Henry Sherburne House, ca...

of shepherds was to keep their flock intact, protect it from predators and guide it to market areas in time for shearing. In ancient times, shepherds also...

a Charming Sound". It was later used as a tune for "While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night"), but the "Ilkla Moor" song became so popular that...

'tis a charming sound" by Philip Doddridge, but soon became more widely known as a tune for "While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks" by Nahum Tate. The tune...

most commonly performed version in the United Kingdom of "While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks". Little is known about Tye's origins. Cambridge University...

Day, an anthem setting the text "While shepherds watched their flocks by night", composed in around 1785 and performed by the Asylum for Female Orphans in...

commemorating an incident at Beit Sahour, writes:  While shepherds watched their flocks by night A mile away the soldiers dynamite the inn Of the little...

thought to be the inspiration for Billings' work: Tate: While shepherds watched their flocks by night All seated on the ground, The angel of the Lord came...

boy’s descent which lifted up the world, an anagram of "While shepherds watched their flocks by night, all seated on the ground". Another much-quoted example...

is a carol peculiar to Yorkshire, based on the carol While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night but with an alternative tune and extra lyrics. "Here...

began there in the 8-7th millennium BC. Back then shepherding was a difficult job: the first shepherds did not have horses and managed livestock on foot...

percussion and organ, (with optional strings) Op.34 (1999) While shepherds watched their flocks by night, Carol for S.A.T.B and organ, (2001) Requiem Op. 48...

organ, is noted for composing a four-voice setting for "While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks". This tune was very popular at Westwood and was always the...

which is most commonly sung as the Christmas hymn "While shepherds watched their flocks by night". "Oremus Hymnal: Ride on! ride on in majesty". Oremus...

English traditional; arranged by Christopher Robinson Hymn: "While shepherds watched their flocks by night" – words by Nahum Tate (1652-1715); melody...

bad song, and the song that is neither bad nor good. ‘While Shepherds Watch Their Flocks by Night’ is a very good song, ‘Janie Stoops Down to Buckle Her...

first individual to move. Relationships in flocks tend to be closest among related sheep: in mixed-breed flocks, subgroups of the same breed tend to form...

well-known carol "While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks" (1700) is entirely devoted to describing the annunciation to the shepherds, and the episode is...

Salute The Happy Morn" – 7:02 "Away In A Manger" – 5:28 "While Shepherds Watch Their Flocks By Night" – 5:33 "O Little Town of Bethlehem" – 6:06 "Once In...

and arrangements). Choir singers sometimes refer to the books by the colours of their covers, with the "green" and "orange" books (volumes 1 and 2) being...

households with televisions watched the episode, while 1 percent of all of those watching television at the time of the broadcast watched it. This was a slight...

rocks And see the shepherds feed their flocks, By shallow rivers, to whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals. "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" exhibits...

– 1:54 "While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks" – 2:12 "Jehovah Hallelujah" – 2:16 "Mary, Where Is Your Baby?" – 1:50 "Silent Night, Holy Night" (Franz...

makes a howling cry in the mountains to warn shepherds, giving people opportunity to move their flocks inside the folds. A local folktale relates how...

animals, flocks and shepherds and the fertility of land and cattle. In Athens, Hermes Eion came to represent the Athenian naval superiority in their defeat...