Performance Insights WHILE SHEPHERDS WATCHED THEIR FLOCKS (CLICK THE TITLE TO VIEW AND HEAR ONLINE)   THE HYMN-TEXT WAS WRITTEN BY NAHUM TATE, cira. 1706.  THE HYMN-TUNE IS NOT THE TRADITIONAL MELODY FOUND IN AMERICAN HYMNALS; IT IS A LESS-KNOWN LANCASHIRE TUNE. THE CANONIC TREATMENT ADDS VARIETY AND EXCITEMENT TO THE ROUSING ENDING.    CONSULT THE VARIABLE VOICE CHART TO SEE THE VARIOUS VOICINGS  THAT CAN BE USED WITH THIS GREAT PIECE.   Words by Nahum Tate (1706) Music:  Old Lancashire Tune Arranged by Irvin Cooper Three-part Variable Voicing with Piano Cambiata Press Catalog #I97680   This work is available in E-Print. Please remember the copyright law. It is illegal to purchase a single oactavo, then photocopy it. Order hard-copy scores from your favorite music distributor, J.S.Pepper, Inc. or directly from Cambatia Press