
Lyrics
(Melody by Gustav Holst, Lyrics by Christina Rosetti)
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.
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.
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.
See also
- Subject: Christmas
- Harmony: chords I, ii, V, vi
- Meter: 4
- Scale: major
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody

