In the Bleak Midwinter
Author: Christina G. Rossetti
Composer: Gustav Holst
Languages (2)
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- American Sign Language (ASL): In the Bleak Midwinter
- English: In the Bleak Midwinter
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Most common tunes for “In the Bleak Midwinter”
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Copyright status of original text
This text was first published in English, in 1958 or earlier.
Public domain
Earliest source indexed at SingPraises.net: Lutheran Service Book and Hymnal (1958), 36.
Representative lyrics
English (Original Language)
1. In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind 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.
2. Our God, Heaven cannot hold Him, nor earth sustain; Heaven and earth shall flee away when He comes to reign. In the bleak midwinter a stable place sufficed The Lord God Almighty, Jesus Christ.
3. Angels and archangels may have gathered there, Cherubim and seraphim thronged the air; But His mother only, in her maiden bliss, Worshipped the beloved with a kiss.
4. 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.