Name: In The Bleak Midwinter
Duration: P00H03M56S
Description: A Christmas carol based on a poem by the English poet Christina Rossetti written before 1872 in response to a request from the magazine Scribner's Monthly for a Christmas poem. It was published posthumously in Rossetti's Poetic Works in 1904. The poem became a Christmas carol after it appeared in The English Hymnal in 1906 with a setting by Gustav Holst.

In The Bleak Midwinter

from Winter's Welcome by Boreal

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A Christmas carol based on a poem by the English poet Christina Rossetti written before 1872 in response to a request from the magazine Scribner's Monthly for a Christmas poem. It was published posthumously in Rossetti's Poetic Works in 1904. The poem became a Christmas carol after it appeared in The English Hymnal in 1906 with a setting by Gustav Holst.

lyrics

IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER

In the bleak mid-winter, 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 mid-winter a long long time ago.

Heaven cannot hold Him, nor earth sustain
Heaven and earth shall flee away when He comes to reign
In the bleak mid-winter, a stable-place sufficed
The Lord God Almighty, Jesus Christ

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.

What can I give Him, poor as I am?
If I were a shepherd I would bring a lamb
If I were a wise one, I would do my part
Yet what I can, give my heart
Yet what I can, give my heart

credits

from Winter's Welcome, track released October 1, 2014
Acoustic guitar - Jude
Electric and baritone guitars - Katherine
Mandocello - Tannis

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Boreal Guelph, Ontario

Boreal's show 'Songs For The Snowy Season' celebrates the coming of winter and the spirit of the holiday season. These three Canadian songstresses have dug up old songs and written new ones about the snowy season.

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