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: listed under "other scores". 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

NB. The fourth stanza is omitted in the Darke setting.

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.