Working with Percy Dearmer, Martin was music editor of "The English Carol Book" (1913, 1919) and, with Ralph Vaughan Williams, of "Songs of Praise" (1925, 1931) and "The Oxford Book of Carols" (1928). His tune "Little Cornard" is sung to "Hills of the North Rejoice", and "Marching" is sung to "Through the Night of Doubt and Sorrow". While doing research for the "English Hymnal" (1906) in the British Library, he came upon the traditional Gaelic hymn-tune "Bunessan" in L. McBean's "Songs and Hymns of the Gael", published in 1900. However, the tune was not included in the "English Hymnal". It was used instead in the second edition of "Songs of Praise" (1931), set to the poem "Morning Has Broken", which Martin Shaw commissioned specially from his old friend Eleanor Farjeon. This tune and words became a No. 1 hit for Cat Stevens in 1972. Martin Shaw also noted down the Czech carol "Rocking" and included it in "The Oxford Book of Carols".