Level: 2/3
Tuning: Open D

"Away in a Manger" is a Christmas carol first published in the late nineteenth century and used widely throughout the English-speaking world. In Britain, it is one of the most popular carols. Although it was long claimed to be the work of German religious reformer Martin Luther, the carol is now thought to be of wholly American origin.

The two most-common musical settings are by William J. Kirkpatrick (1895) and James Ramsey Murray (1887). A great many published editions ascribe the lyrics of the first two verses to Martin Luther, but there is little evidence for his authorship, and researchers have not yet confirmed the original lyricist(s) of these verses. The third verse was added somewhat later.

John sets his arrangement in an Open D tuning (D A D F# A D).