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In the Bleak Midwinter

Traditional

Key: C (C harp in 1st position)

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Upper octave (no bend):

8   -9     9      8    -8    7       -8    8     -8     -6       -8

In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan

   8       -9      9      8   -8   7   -8   8     -8   7    7

Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone 

 -9      8    -9    9     -10   10      8     9      8    -8    7     -7

Snow had fallen, snow on snow, sno-ow o-on snow

8    -9      9     8    -8     7    -8   8  -8   7   7

In the bleak midwinter lo-o-ong ago


Lower octave (with bend):

   5   -5     6       5    -4   4   -4   5     -4       -3//     -4 

In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan

   5        -5         6      5  -4 4   -4   5   -4   4     4  

Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone 

  -5        5    -5    6    -6    -6     5        6       5   -4   4      -3 

Snow had fallen, snow on snow, sno-ow o-on snow

5   -5       6      5    -4    4    -4  5  -4    4   4 

In the bleak midwinter lo-o-ong ago 


Our God, heaven 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


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


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