Metre
Irr. with Refrain
13 hymns and 13 tunes share this metre. A text in Irr. with Refrain can be sung to any of them — which is what makes a substitution possible when a tune is unfamiliar to the congregation.
Hymns in this metre
- 109The first Nowell the angel did say
- 110The snow lay on the ground
- 113Duérmete, Niño lindo (Oh sleep now, holy baby)
- 266Gabriel of high degree
- 335I am the bread of life
- 417Worthy is Christ, the Lamb who was slain
- 418Worthy is Christ, the Lamb who was slain
- 453As Jacob with travel was weary one day
- 468It was poor little Jesus, yes, yes
- 490I want to walk as a child of the light
- 554'Tis the gift to be simple
- 560Blessed are the poor in spirit
- 676Sometimes I feel discouraged