Christina Georgina Rossetti, Gustav Theodore Holst
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Original Key: D
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Verse 1:
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In the bleak mid – win - ter
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Frost - y wind made moan;
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Earth stood hard as iron,
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Water like a stone,
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Snow had fal – len, snow on snow,
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snow on snow,
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In the bleak mid – winter,
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Lo – ng a - go
Verse 2:
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Our God heaven cannot hold Him,
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Nor earth sus - tain,
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Heaven and earth shall flee away
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When He comes to reign.
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In the bleak mid – win - ter
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A sta - ble-place suff - iced
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The Lord God Al - mighty,
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Je - sus Christ.
Verse 3:
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Angels and arch - angels
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May have gath - ered there,
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Cherubim and seraphim
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Thron - ged the air.
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But His mot - her on - ly,
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In her mai - den bliss,
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Worshipped the Be - loved
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Wi - th a kiss.
Verse 4:
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What can I give Him,
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Poor as I am?
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If I were a shepherd,
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I would bring a lamb.
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If I were a wise man,
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I would do my part;
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Yet what I can I give Him -
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Gi - ve my heart.