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Released on Decca Records, also Sympathy for the Devil (The Rolling Stones), Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree (Brenda Lee) and La Vie en rose (Louis Armstrong)
Written by [traditional], also Greensleeves (John Coltrane), Milk Cow Blues (Aerosmith) and Banana Boat Song (Day‐O) (Harry Belafonte)
Part of The Holly and the Ivy, also Quelle est cette odeur agréable?, Gabriel's Message and I Saw Three Ships
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
[traditional] wrote 2823 songs on fono, the 3rd most of any writer
[traditional] wrote 6 of Choir of Clare College, Cambridge’s top 10 songs
[traditional]’s most frequent co-writer is Johannes Brahms (29 songs together)
[traditional] first appears on fono in 1925, 64 years before this song
Credits
All 4 credits
- Written by
- [traditional]
- Performed by
- Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
- Part of
- The Holly and the Ivy
- Released on
- Decca Records
- Written by
- [traditional]
- Performed by
- Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
- Part of
- The Holly and the Ivy
- Released on
- Decca Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: [traditional]
Same label: Decca Records
Same release: The Holly and the Ivy
Same writer: [traditional]
Same label: Decca Records
Same release: The Holly and the Ivy
Same writer: [traditional]
Same label: Decca Records
Elsewhere
Sources (5)
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1MusicBrainz Child in a Manger was performed by Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Child in a Manger was performed by Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Child in a Manger was written by [traditional]
Child in a Manger was written by [traditional]
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Child in a Manger is part of the release The Holly and the Ivy
Child in a Manger is part of the release The Holly and the Ivy
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Decca Records is the label of the song Child in a Manger
Decca Records is the label of the song Child in a Manger
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Child in a Manger was released on 1989