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See Amid the Winter's Snow

[Edward Caswall (1851), arr. Steeleye Span]

Sung by Maddy Prior on Steeleye Span's CD Winter.

Lyrics

Chorus (after each verse):

Hail, thou ever blessed morn,
Hail, redemption's happy dawn,
Sing through all Jerusalem:
Christ is born in Bethlehem.

See amid the winter's snow,
Born for us on earth below,
See, the tender Lamb appears,
Promised from eternal years.

Lo, within a manger lies
He who built the starry skies;
He who, throned in height sublime,
Sits amid the cherubim.

Say, ye holy shepherds say,
What your joyful news today?
Wherefore have ye left your sheep
On the lonely mountain steep?

As we watched at dead of night,
Lo, we saw a wondrous sight;
Angels singing “Peace on Earth”
Told us of our Saviour's birth.

Sacred infant, all divine,
What a tender love was thine,
Thus to come from highest bliss
Down to such a world as this.

Teach, O teach us, holy Child,
By thy face so meek and mild,
Teach us to resemble thee
In thy sweet humility.