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In the Bleak Mid-winter

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge & Sir Stephen Cleobury

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Credits

AUSFÜHRENDE KÜNSTLER:INNEN

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Chor

Sir Stephen Cleobury

Sir Stephen Cleobury

Dirigent:in

KOMPOSITION UND LIEDTEXT

Gustav Holst

Komponist:in

Christina Rossetti

Christina Rossetti

Poesie

PRODUKTION UND TECHNIK

Adrian Peacock

Produzent:in

David Hinitt

Ingenieur:in

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

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

Long ago

[Verse 2]

Our God, 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

Thy Lord God Almighty

Jesus Christ

[Verse 3]

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

[Verse 4]

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

[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: Gustav Holst

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