Bleak Midwinter

Traditional - new lyrics, adapted & arranged Noel Paul Stookey
©2018 Neworld Publishing ASCAP

In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan
Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone;
Snow had fallen, snow on snow on snow on snow
In the bleak midwinter, long time ago

Angels and archangels may have gathered there
Cherubim and seraphim thronging in the air;
But his mother only, in her maiden bliss
Worshiped her beloved Jesus with a kiss