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In the Bleak Midwinter

by Peddyr Cubberley

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Arranged by Peddyr & Mera for Christmas, In the Bleak Midwinter is a Christmas carol based on a poem by the English poet Christina Rossetti written before 1872 in response to a request from the magazine Scribner's Monthly for a Christmas poem. It was published posthumously in Rossetti's Poetic Works in 1904.

The poem became a Christmas carol after it appeared in The English Hymnal in 1906 with a setting by Gustav Holst. ~ Wikipedia

Here below in two versions, Gaelic & English.

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1. Anns an Dùbhlachd gheamhraidh,
lann sa ghaoith a tuath,
b’iarann ùir na talmhainn,
‘s aibhnean reòdhta cruaidh;
cathadh sneachd’ chuir dall bhrat
thar gach sliabh;
anns an Dùbhlachd gheamhraidh,
fad’ o chian.

2. Dia mòr tha cho buadhmhor,
Uachd’ran thar gach nì.
Talamh ‘s speur th’air fuadach,
nuair thig e mar Rìgh;
ach san dùbhlachd gheamhraidh,
connlach prasaich dhìon,
‘s shocraich leabaibh ‘n leanabain,
Iosa Crìosd.

3. Ainglean is àrd-ainglean,
sheinn an còisir bhinn,
Cerubim is seraphim
chruinnich os a chin;
ged nach d’aithnich càch E,
ach a-mhàin an Oigh,
b’adhradh don Fhear Ghràdhach,
blàths a pòig.

4. Ciod a dhìolas truaghan
mar tha mi nis dhà?
Nan robh mi nam bhuachaill,
thairgsinn uan le gràdh.
Gliocas inntinn lùiginn
ann a chùis bhith strì,
sin dìolam dhà le sunndachd,
umhlachd crìdh’.

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. Angels and archangels may have gathered there,
cherubim and seraphim thronged the air;
but his mother only, in her maiden bliss,
worshiped the beloved with a kiss.

4. 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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released December 1, 2016
Peddyr Cubberley ~ Flute & Whistles

Mera Royle ~ Harp

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Peddyr Cubberley Isle of Man

Peddyr Cubberley, well known on the Manx traditional music scene, has been active since the Manx revival of the 1970s. He is a founding member of Mactullagh Vannin.

A prolific exponent of the wooden flute, low & tin whistles, Peddyr is also known for his
compositions of contemporary Manx music in a traditional style.
"Cubberley has emerged as one of the most important composers in the Manx idiom" ... more

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