Text: | In the Bleak Midwinter |
Author: | Christina Rossetti (1830-1894( alt. |
Tune: | UINTA |
Composer: | Wayne Hooper (1920-2007) |
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 minwinter,
Long ago.
2 Angels and archangels
May have gathered there,
Cherubim and seraphim
Thronged the air.
But His mother only
In her maiden bliss,
Worshiped the beloved
With a kiss.
3 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 can I give Him?
Give my heart.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | In the bleak midwinter |
Title: | In the Bleak Midwinter |
Author: | Christina Rossetti (1830-1894( alt. |
Meter: | Irregular |
Publication Date: | 1985 |
Topic: | Jesus Christ: Birth |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | UINTA |
Composer: | Wayne Hooper (1920-2007) (1964) |
Meter: | Irregular |
Incipit: | 34543 21232 13454 |
Key: | E♭ Major |
Copyright: | Music copyright © 1984 by Wayne Hooper. |
Alternate tune, CRANHAM, No.224