La música cristiana es de origen judío: la liturgia musical de la sinagoga, en particular el canto psalmódico de los judíos como unidad poética musical, fue un legado preciado transmitido del Israel antiguo al cristianismo primitivo, como forma de manifestar tanto a nivel personal como comunitario las creencias religiosas y la fe en Dios.
Away in a manger,
No crib for his bed
The little lord jesus
Laid down his sweet head
The stars in the bright sky
Looked down where he lay
The little lord jesus
Asleep on the hay
The cattle are lowing
The baby awakes
A little lord jesus
No crying he makes
I love thee, lord jesus
Look down from the sky
And stay by my side,
'til morning is nigh.
Be near me, lord
Be near me, lord
Be near me, lord jesus
I ask thee to stay
Close by me forever
And love me i pray
Bless all the dear children
In thy tender care
And take us to heaven
To live with thee there