First Line:	Hitsuji wa nemure ri (Sheep fast asleep, there on a hill)
Title:	Sheep Fast Asleep
Japanese Title:	Hitsuji Wa
Author:	Genzō Miwa (1907)
Translator:	John Moss (1957; alt.)
Meter:	8.7.8.7.8.7.8.6
Source:	Japanese hymn
Copyright:	Text and Music: Permission #1430 granted by the Hymnal Committee, United Church of Christ in Japan.; Translation © 1963 John A. Moss. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

Tune Title	First Line	Instances (6)	Text Title	Authors	Composers	Meter	Scripture	Tune Key	Languages	Publication Date
KORIN	Hitsuji wa nemure ri (Sheep fast asleep, there on a hill)	Voices United: The Hymn and Worship Book of The United Church of Canada #52		Genzo Miwa; John Moss	Chûgoro Torii; David Kai	8.7.8.7.8.7.8.6		D Major	English; Japanese	1996
KŌRIN	Hitsuji wa nemure ri (Sheep fast asleep, there on a hill)	Presbyterian Hymnal #52	Sheep Fast Asleep	Genzō Miwa; John Moss	Chûgoro Torii	8.7.8.7.8.7.8.6	Matthew 2:10-11; Luke 2:8-14	D Major	Japanese; English	1990
KORIN	Hitsuji wa nemure ri (Sheep fast asleep, there on a hill)	Sing! A New Creation #110	Sheep Fast Asleep	John Moss, b. 1925; Genzo Miwa	Chûgoró Torii, 1898-1986	8.7.8.7.8.7.8.6	Matthew 2:2; Luke 2:12	D Major	Japanese; English	2002
KORIN	Sheep fast asleep, there on a hill	Songs for Life #135	Sheep Fast Asleep /Hitsuji Wa	John Moss; Genzo Miwa	Chugoro Torii	8.7.8.7.8.7.8.6	Matthew 2:2; Matthew 2:8-11; Luke 2:8-14; Luke 2:12	D Major	English; Japanese	1995
KŌRIN	Hitsujiwa nemureri (Sheep fast asleep, there on a hill)	The New Century Hymnal #137	Hitsuji wa nemureri (Sheep Fast Asleep)	Genzō Miwa	Chūgorō Torii	8.7.8.7.8.7.8.6	Matthew 1:23; Matthew 2:1-11; Luke 2:8-14	D Major or modal	Japanese; Japanese, English	1995
KŌRIN	Sheep fast asleep	Rejoice in the Lord #211	Sheep Fast Asleep	John Moss; Genzō Miwa	Chûgoró Torii	8.7.8.7.8.7.8.6		D Major		1985

Sheep Fast Asleep

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