Gentle Mary Laid Her Child

Text by Joseph Simpson Cook

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About this hymn

Date: 1919
Tune: Tempus Adest Floridum
Composer: 1582 from Swedish Piae Cantones
Key: A
Meter: 7 6 7 6 7 6 7 6

Historical background

This edition is preserved in the Open Hymnal Project at source revision d35811b2d5c9. Contributor and publication details below are reproduced from the score metadata rather than inferred.

Theology & Scripture

The source index associates this text with Angels, Christmas/Advent, Jesus, Joy, Magi, Praise, Son.

Lk 2:1-20 · Phil 2:5-11 · 1Jn 3:5

Musical background

Tempus Adest Floridum is presented in the source key of A, with four documented parts.

Sources & rights

Verified for United States on 2026-10-13. Public domain — source score marking

Words: Joseph S. Cook, 1919. Music: 'Tempus Adest Floridum' 13th Century spring carol; first published in the Swedish Piae Cantones, 1582. Setting: "Carols Old And Carols New", 1916. copyright: public domain. This score is a part of the Open Hymnal Project, 2008 Revision.