In The Bleak Midwinter
Simon Clark
- Composer:
- Simon Clark
- Lyricist:
- Christina G. Rossetti
- Publisher:
- Simon Clark
- Instrumentation:
- Keyboard/Vocal
- Key:
- F Major
- Vocal Range:
- Medium
- Vocal Pitch Range:
- C4 - F5
- MP3 Duration:
- 03:34
Easy to sing as well as to play, this beautiful new setting of Christina Rossetti’s poem will fill your hearts with the wonder and magic of Christmas.
Lyrics
IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER
Words: Christina G. Rossetti
Music: Simon Clark
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.
Enough for Him, Whom cherubim, worship night and day,
Breastful of milk, and a mangerful of hay;
Enough for Him, Whom angels fall before,
The ox and ass and camel which adore.
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 Man, I would do my part;
Yet what I can I give Him: give my heart.