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title: In the Bleak Midwinter (Cranham)
key: F
time: 4/4
tempo: 100
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[Stanza 1]
L: In the bleak mid | win - ter, | frost - y wind made | moan; | earth stood hard as | i - ron; | wa - ter like a | stone; | snow had fal - len, | snow on snow, | snow on | snow. | in the bleak mid | win - ter, | long a | go. Our |
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[Stanza 2]
L: God, heav'n can not | hold Him, | nor earth sus | tain; | heav'n and earth shall | flee a way | when He comes to | reign. | In the bleak mid | win - ter a | sta - ble place suf | ficed the | Lord God Al | might y, | Je - sus | Christ. The |
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[Stanza 3]
L: An - gels and arch | an gels | may have gath - ered | there; | cher - u - bim and | ser - a - phim | throng - ed the | air; | but His moth - er | on - ly, | in her maid - en | bliss, | wor - shipped the Be | lov ed | with a | kiss. |
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[Stanza 4]
L: What can I | give Him, | poor as I | am? | If I were a | shep - herd, | I would bring a | lamb; | If I were a | Wise Man, | I would do my | part; | Yet what can I | give Him? | Give | heart. |
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