In addition to the original, two additional versions are in common use:-ġ. In full, or in an abbreviated form, it is found in most hymn-books in English-speaking countries. Appeared in the Supplement to the New Version, in 1702, in 6 stanzas of 4 lines, and in all later editions of the same. While shepherds watched their flocks by night. Reprinted frequently and supplemented with some hymns, the new versification became the standard psalter of the Church of England and influenced psalmody well into the nineteenth century.Ĭhristmas stanza 5 makes an excellent doxology for the two Sundays following Christmas. Intemperate throughout his life, Tate died while living at the Suffolk House, a refuge for debtors in London, In the history of church music Tate and Brady are known for their New Version (1696), which replaced the "Old Version" of Sternhold and Hopkins published by John Day in 1562. He was also appointed the official royal historian in 1702. Honored by being named poet laureate in 1692, Tate wrote poetry celebrating important national events. Most of his dramas were not original plays but adaptations of the works of others. A similarly narrative song based on the same gospel text is at 339.Īlthough born in Ireland, Tate spent all of his adult life in London, where he was known primarily as a playwright and poet. Adopted by virtually all hymnals since its writing, this narrative song simply tells the Christmas gospel as the shepherds heard it. Tate's straightforward telling of the nativity story is an example of paraphrasing at its best: poetry that conveys the text well without undue liberties or additions and is easy to understand and sing.
It was first published in 1700 in a supplement to the New Version of the Psalms by Tate and Nicholas Brady. The story of the shepherds and the angels is told in this famous paraphrase of Luke 2:8-14 by Nahum Tate (b.
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