In the bleak midwinter (Harold Darke)

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CPDL #12098:  [ ] Sibelius 4

Editor: Stuart McIntosh (added 2006-07-26). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 69 kbytes Copyright: Personal

Editor: Kelvin Smith (added 2003-05-07). Score information: Letter, 7 pages, kbytes Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: choral parts only. only for distribution in the USA.

Title: In the Bleak Midwinter
Composer: Harold Darke

Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Carol
Language: English
Instruments: piano
Published:

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External websites: Listen to a free recording of this piece from Coro Nostro, a mixed chamber choir based in Leicester, UK.

English text

In the bleak midwinter frosty winds made moan,

Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone;

Snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow,

In the bleak midwinter long ago.

Our God, Heav'n cannot hold him nor earth sustain;

Heav'n and earth shall flee away when he comes to reign:

In the bleak midwinter astable place sufficed.

The Lord God Almighty Jesus Christ.

Enough for him, whom cherubim worship night and day,

A breastful of milk and a mangerful of hay:

Enough for him, whom angels fall down before,

The ox and ass and camel which adore.

Angels and archangels may have gathered there,

Cherubim and seraphim thronged the air;

but only his mother in her maiden bliss

Worshipped the Beloved with a kiss.

What can I give him poor as I am?

If I were a shepherd I would bring a lamb,

If I were a Wise Man I would do my part,

Yet what I can I give him, give my heart.