Listen to In the Bleak Midwinter by City of London Choir & Hilary Davan Wetton

In the Bleak Midwinter

City of London Choir & Hilary Davan Wetton

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

City of London Choir

City of London Choir

Choir

Hilary Davan Wetton

Hilary Davan Wetton

Conductor

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Harold Darke

Composer

Jefferson McConnaughey

Jefferson McConnaughey

Composer

Gustav Holst

Composer

Christina Rossetti

Christina Rossetti

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Andrew Walton

Producer

Deborah Spanton

Deborah Spanton

Recording Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 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

[Verse 2]

Our God, Him 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

[Verse 3]

Enough for him who shall be watching night and day

A pail is full of milk and a manger full of hay

Leave now for him who mangers fall down before

The ox, and ass, and camel, we shall adore

[Verse 4]

Angels and archangels may have gathered there

Cherubim and seraphim thronged the air

But only his mother, in her maiden bliss

Worshiped the beloved with a kiss

[Verse 5]

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

Written by: Christina Rossetti, Gustav Holst, Harold Darke, Jefferson McConnaughey

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